io ▁was ▁warm ly ▁received ▁by ▁contemporary ▁cart ograph ers , ▁and ▁was ▁indirect ly ▁adopted ▁as ▁the ▁definition ▁of ▁modern ▁Greece . ▁ ▁Con sequently , ▁the ▁prof ound ▁map ▁was ▁repr int ed ▁many ▁times . ▁▁ ▁The ▁first ▁was ▁in ▁Bas el ▁in ▁ 1 5 4 4 ▁and ▁ 1 5 4 5 ▁by ▁O por in . ▁ ▁The ▁eight ▁page ▁map ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁very ▁similar ▁to ▁Soph ian os ' s ▁original ▁map ▁in ▁the ▁ess entials . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Cos imo ▁de ' Med ici . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁ 1 5 4 5 ▁edition , ▁O por in ▁commission ed ▁an ▁introduction , ▁called ▁the ▁Pra ef atio , ▁from ▁Nicholas ▁Ger bel , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁ 9 0 - page ▁fol io ▁describing ▁the ▁academic ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁elaborate ▁map , ▁elabor ating ▁on ▁how ▁to ▁color ▁the ▁map , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁other ▁aspects . ▁ ▁The ▁Pra ef atio ▁also ▁included ▁ 2 1 ▁wood cut ▁imag inary ▁illustr ations ▁of ▁Greek ▁cities . ▁ ▁Also , ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁over ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁place ▁names ▁are ▁listed ▁in ▁the ▁Pra ef atio . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁unclear ▁if ▁Soph ian os ▁had ▁any ▁influence ▁on ▁the ▁writing ▁of ▁the ▁Pra ef atio . ▁ ▁Both ▁the ▁ 1 5 4 4 ▁and ▁ 1 5 4 5 ▁versions ▁were ▁assumed ▁to ▁be ▁lost , ▁until ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 5