PETER SCHENK, Insulae Corsicae noua & accurata descriptio, 1673
The island of Corsica of France in the Mediterranean Sea. The Corsican places on the map are for instance Bastia, Ajaccio and Port-Vecchio. Also a piece of Sardinia.
Petrus Schenck (Elberfeld, Wuppertal 26 December 1660 - Leipzig, Saxony 1711) was a German engraver and mapmaker. During the first half of the 18th century, Schenck was one of the most important figures in Saxon cartography.The mapmaker entered the service of the Amsterdam engraver and map publisher Gerard Valck. Schenck lived in the Jordaan on the Lauriergracht in amsterdam. The couple had six children, all of whom were baptized in the Westerkerk.
Around 1700, he settled in Leipzig as a globetrotter, mapmaker and art dealer.
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