Samuel Purchas, Jodocus Hondius, Gerard Mercator, “MOREA / Hondius his Map of Morea”, 1625. Rare map from “Purchas his Pilgrimes in five bookes”, 1625. Map dim. 20x15cm in sheet (33x23cm) with header “Sea-fight betwixt Christians and Turkes at Lepanto”. Samuel Purchas is one of the most famous geographers and editors in English history. His important “Hakluytus Posthumus, or, Purchas his Pilgrimes” 1624-1625, served as a source for subsequent geographers for over a century with the maps included in the work completed by Jodocus Hondius. Zacharakis 2224.