A rare 16th century map of Cyprus

A strong impression of this separate-issue map of Cyprus, orientated with north to the left, decorated with a strapwork title cartouche, sea monsters, galleons and galleys. Both Nicosia and Famagusta are depicted as elevations. Duchetti was the nephew of the important Rome publisher of maps, Antonio Lafreri. In 1570 he was working in Venice, either independently or as a branch of the Lafreri business. It has been suggested that the engraver of this map was the Venetian Paolo Forlani, based on stylistic grounds. A later second state was published in 1602 with the imprint of Giovanni Orlandi.