Ortelius, Abraham. Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip. Antwerp, 1617. [Crete, Metellino, Cerigo, Scarpanto, Nicsia, Santorini, Milo, Stalimene, Negroponte, Rodus and Scio]. Bayer Wilkes returned to New York

Wilkes returned to New York Harbor with only two of his six ships and a mountain of ethnographic

A classic late 19th Century view

James Bruce

being attracted by the offal of the fish thrown around the habitations

created by Cornelis van Wytfliet in 1597

Ortelius, Abraham. Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip. Antwerp, 1617. [Crete, Metellino, Cerigo, Scarpanto, Nicsia, Santorini, Milo, Stalimene, Negroponte, Rodus and Scio]. Bayer Wilkes returned to New YorkAbraham Ortelius Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip. Antwerp, 1617 14 3 8 x 20 inches [Greece; Crete, Metellino, Cerigo, Scarpanto, Nicsia, Santorini, Milo, Stalimene, Negroponte, Rodus and Scio] The map titled *"Archipelagi Insularum Aliquot Descrip."* by Abraham Ortelius, published in Antwerp in 1617, is an exquisite representation of several islands, primarily focusing on the Aegean and Ionian Seas. The map displays the archipelagos with careful