Scolari Stefan Mozzi, "DISEGNO del Combattimento Glorioso Seguito tra le Galere delia Sereniss.ma Republica di Venetia e le Galere de Bei sotto il Commando del Jll.mo et Ecc.mo Sig.a FRANCESCO MOROSINI Cavalier, Capitan Genelle aque di Fraschia, con li nomi delli N.H. che si Trouorno nel Presente Combattimento / 410 Turchi presi la maggior parte feriti / 1100 Schiaui Christiani liberatti / Turchi morti Durach Bassa et altri principali Commandanti di nostri 200 morti 500 feriti". Map of part of Crete and parallel depiction of Fr. Morosini on his flagship in the last naval victory of the Venetians against the Turkish fleet in the Cretan War on March 8th 1668. At the beginning of 1668 the grand Vizir Ahmed Korpulu decided to launch a surprise attack with 2,000 Ottoman troops and 12 galleys, against a Venetian fleet of 7 galleys at the islet of Crete "S. Pelagia". Morosini managed to learn grand vizirs plans and acted quickly, taking the command of the fleet and leading them to a doubtful attack against the well trained Turks. The battle took place in the night, lasted for 5 hours and the Venetians were victorious, capturing many enemy ships and killing several Beys (including the Chief Bey) and many troops. The scene is highly iconographic, with a series of information depicted and stated on various parts of the plate. On the lower part, an impressive engraving with Morosini depicted on top of his humiliated enemies with their names stated: "Bei de Navarin", "Mustafa di Notolia", "Bei de Cipro". On lower right corner we have a analytical report this war event referring to the numbers of the killed soldiers from each part as well as the number of the released Christian slaves. The drawing also depicts in high details the formation of the war ships and reports on each ships name and commander. Some of these Venetian Officers names: Zorzi Greco, Pierro Quermi, Aluise Priuli, Lorenzo Benbo, Aluise Contarino, Marco Balbi. The plate has been prepared by Stefano Mozzi Scolari a skilled printer active in Venice between 1644 and 1687, although his name is not printed on the current copy. The details of the naval formation and the provided information suggest that the current plate is based on first-hand information taken from battles eye-witnesses short after the incident. Extremely Rare. Zacharakis 3296.