Description of the Peloponnesus

Pacifico, Pietro Antonio. Breve descrizzione corografica del Peloponneso o' Morea.

€ 5.800,00

First edition; reprinted in 1704. "Pacifico spent many years studying the topography of Greece in the wake of the Venetian successes against the Turks from 1684 to 1688. His book of 1686, ['Descrittione delle Provincie che formano la Penisola della Morea'], was followed by 'Notizia del Ducato del Atene' (1687) after the Venetian conquest of the city in that year, any by 'Historiografia dell' Isola e Città di Scio' (1694). His undated work on Evvoia, 'Descrizzione del Regno e Isola di Negroponte', was published at Treviso, and he is also credited with the authorship of 'Esatta Notitia del Peloponneso', published by Albrizzi in 1687" (Blackmer).

The Morean War (also known as the Sixth Ottoman-Venetian War), fought between 1684 and 1699, was part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. The major campaign was the Venetian conquest of the Peloponnese peninsula. On the Venetian side, the war was fought to avenge the loss of Crete in 1669, while the Ottomans were entangled in their northern frontier against the Habsburgs and were unable to concentrate their forces against the Republic. The Morean War remains the only Ottoman-Venetian conflict from which Venice emerged victorious. Venice's expansionist revival would be short-lived however, as their gains were reversed by the Ottomans in 1715.

Evenly browned throughout due to paper; insignificant waterstain near end. A good copy.