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Islands of the Argo-saronic Gulf

Maps of the islands of the Argo-Saronic gulf (Salamis, Aegina, Poros, Hydra and Spetses were included in the first isolaria in manuscript and in print, and later in Atlases and port indexes.

Salamis, which became immortalized due to the famous naval battle between Greeks and Persians (480 BCE), is depicted in illustrations showing panoramic views from Athens or Aegina.

Aegina and the impressive temple of Aphaia attracted travellers and provided several subjects for illustrations. In the 19th century, besides the antiquities there is also a tendency to render more detailed scenes from everyday life, as Aegina is by now the first capital of the Greek State.

An influential travel writer toured Hydra in the late 18th century and made drawings of its sights. In the 19th century, the dynamic involvement of Hydra's inhabitants in the Greek Revolution gave inspiration to illustrated travel accounts, which were published after the revolution.

There are also some maps of Poros as well as views and depictions of local costume, and two maps showing the anchorages of Spetses.

1547 Bordone, B.

1658 Boschini, M.

1687 Coronelli, V.M.

1688 Piacenza, Fr.

1688 Coronelli, V.M.

1770 Le Roy, J.D.

1771 Bellin, J. N.

1776 Chandler, R.

1800  Album of 18 original drawings in sepia

1804 Roux, J.

1808 Castellan, An.L.

1813 - 14 Clarke, Ed. D.

1819 Dodwell, Ed.

1819 Dodwell, Ed. ("Views")

1820 Pomardi, S.

1825 Dupré, L.

1825 Griechenland

1828 Stackelberg, O.M. von

1829 Williams, H.W.

1830 Stackelberg, O.M. von

1830 Bröndsted, P.Ol.

1830 Frommel, C.

1830 Friedel, Ad.

1831, 1833, 1838 Blouet, G.A.

1832 Friedel, Ad.

1832 Barthélemy, J.J.

1834 Stackelberg, O.M. von

1835 Pouqueville, Fr.-Ch.-H.-L.

1838 - 45 Skene, J.

1841 Stademann, A.F.

1842 Wright, G.N.

1842-1885 /1984  Album

1843 Allan, J.H.

1843 Du Moncel, Th.

1843 D’Aligny, C.F.T.C.

1846 Leake, W.M.

1848 Estourmel, J. d’(Comte)

1867 Rey, Et.

1868 Beck H.

1881 Belle, H.

1882 Wordsworth, Chr.

1887 Schweiger Lerchenfeld, A. von

1887 / 2002 Falke, J. von

1890 Mahaffy, J.P.

1907 Van Den Brule, Al.

1919 Baud-Bovy, D. / Boissonnas Fr.

1923 Reisinger, Er.

1925 Willoughby, Vera

1932 Puaux, R.

 

Written by Ioli Vingopoulou