Summary
Pierre Mortier: Islan: fort en Dalmatie - Veduta Islana
Copper engraving
Islam was a Turkish border fort. It is depicted as a quadrangular fort with two quadrangular bastions placed diagonally. In the suburbs we see the village of Islam. This Mortier view of Islam is taken entirely from Coronelli's atlas "Isolario dell Atlante Veneto".
Pierre Mortier: (1661-1711), a Dutch publisher and coppersmith who worked in Amsterdam during the second half of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century. Publisher of Sanson, Jaillot, de Fer and de Wit maps.
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