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Candy


Title The Island of "Candy"
Origtitle World map from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Variants Cantino World Map
Caption The island of Crete
Source World map from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Library of Congress
Date 1570
URL none
Creator Abraham Ortelius
Type Engraving
Copyright Public Domain
Origin Wikipedia
Occurrences

Candy

Atlas

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum - Abraham Ortelius

Additional Notes

The Ortelius Map identifies modern Crete as "Candia". "Candy" and "Candia" were common contemporary terms for the island. See the Jacobean stage play Laws of Candy, first published in 1647.