A friend of Skopelosnews found these old maps and photo’s and took photo’s of them and send them to the blog. We thank him because more information about the history, the cultural traditions of Skopelos and the other Sporaden islands is so valuable! A lot of materials are kept in homes and not in museums. If you look on one of the maps Skopelos is drawn together with Skiathos but the third island is called Peparethos. That name was used for Skopelos though! Another map does not mention Alonissos, probably too small? Other island in the vicinity are mentioned. How facts travel through history is fascinating. We must preserve what is written and drawn on paper.
Glossa !
Families
Maps
Skiathos
(None of these drawings are mine. The copyright is with others)
So interesting.Thank you for posting them Daphne.
The first image is also in a german book “Griechenland in Wort und Bild. Eine Schilderung des hellenistischen Königreiches” by Amand Freiherr von Schweiger Lerchenfeld. The original edition ist from 1887, but there is a reprint from 1992. You find used copies on german amazon, if you look for ISBN-13: 978-3888511585