[Κέρκυρα / Corfu] THEVET Andre, [Isle & forteresses de Corphou], 1575. A rare early birds eye view of Corfu from the sea, woodcut dim. 16,5X13,5cm on sheet dim. 35,5 x 24 cm, with descriptive text in French. Few brown spots and short marginal tears, otherwise very fine. André Thevet was a Franciscan monk who traveled extensively in Europe. While in Italy, he became acquainted with the cardinal of Lorraine, who financed his journey to the East in 1549, visiting Greece and the Aegean islands. After traveling to South America, Thevet was named Cosmographer to the King and Chaplain to Catherine de Medici and started to work on a universal multi-volume geographical encyclopedia, "Cosmographie universelle", which was finally published in 1575.