Fortifications and fortresses (141 Subjects)
Frontispiece: Map of Heraklion. Allegoric scene: Venice and the Ottoman Empire as warriors. Scene from the Ottoman siege of Candia.
View of the Great Fortress of Chandax (Heraklion) together with the Kules Fortress, also known as Rocca a Mare.
View of Chandax, in 1667-1668, and during it siege by the Ottomans. After being besieged for twenty-four year (1645-1669), Crete became part of the Ottoman Empire (1669).
Fig. 1. View of the islands of Santo Stefano και Ventotene, in Italy. Fig. 2. View of Ischia island, near Naples, Italy.
Fig. 1. View of Policastro Bussentino in Italy. Fig. 2. View of Lipari, island in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Fig. 1. View of Reggio di Calabria, in Italy. Fig. 2. View of Scilla, city in Calabria, Italy. Fig. 3. Tower in Calabria, Italy.