CORONELLI Vicenzo, "Parte Meridionale Dell Arcipelago del P. Coronelli Cosniografo Publico", c.1690. Impressive copper plate map of the Southern Greek Archipelago, presenting the Venetian positions in the Aegean, including Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese, the shores of eastern Peloponnesus and part of the Southern-Western Asia Minor. The map is chiefly notable for its basic hydrographic data, focusing on coastal place-names, while it provides informative historical notes for almost all of the islands. A special text, in a cartouche on lower right part of the map, informing about Cretes ancient and recent history, after the fall of Candia and the Venetian departure. In addition, in the map are embedded a list of the dates of 20 important battles in the 1680s, as well as a short text about the history of Rhodes. Dim. 62 x 45 cm. Old restorations along middle-fold and edges, few tears and small holes. Fair condition of a rare and important map of the Southern Archipelago. Zacharakis 1038, Zacharakis "One hundred landmarks..." 077.