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 |
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.