Crete

Iráklion / Candia

Maps on our site:

• 1486, Bernhard von Breydenbach , Peregrinatio in Terram ...
  
  
• 1575, Braun and Hogenberg, Civitates Orbis ..., map II-53
  
  
• 17th c., Sebastien de Pontault de Beaulieu map
  
  
• 1669, Antoine de Fer, La Ville de Candie...
  
  
• 1675, G.A. Remondini Viaggio da Venetia al St. Sepolcro...
  
  
• 1760-s, Antonio Borg, Piani diversi..., pl. 109
  
  
• 1764, Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, Le petit atlas maritime, v. IV, pl. 119

Coastal site NW of ancient Minoan capital Knossos; was ancient settlement & Roman port; was capital of Muslim Saracen Crete from 9th cen. AD & center for piracy; taken by Venice; 150,000 died in 21-year siege of Venetian city by Ottomans in 17th cen.

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