Carta Marina o Da Navigare, Chart of the World
Ruscelli's map published in ' Geopraphia de Claudio Tolomeo' of 1581
Type of object:
Maps and globes
Time period:
Portugal & Spanje
Place:
Venice
Date:
1581
Maker / Author:
Ruscelli
Publisher / Printer:
G. Rosaccio / G. Ruscelli
Dimensions:
19 x 25 cm
Material:
copperprint on paper
Graduation:
Inscription:
Descrittione dell' America Lo-ibro Quatro pag 144
Provenance:
References:
Shirley, R. W.: Maps in the Atlases of the British Library, T.PTOL-10f/g;T.PTOL-12b; Shirley, R. W.: The Mapping of the World, No. 110, 111, 133, 217; Burden, P.D.: The Mapping of North America No. 86
Description
published in ‘Geographia di Claudio Tolomeo’ of 1581 Sixth edition of Ruscelli's translation of Ptolemy's Geografia edited and extended by Giuseppe Rosaccio published by the heirs of M. Sessa in 1598 and 1599.
This atlas of 1598:
Illustrated with 69 double page engraved maps and several woodcuts in the text. Whereof 27 Ptolemy maps and 42 'modern' map, including 4 world maps (one Ptolemy /Shirley 133, three modern /Shirley 110, 111, 217), 7 maps of America (Western Hemisphere, South America, Mexico with Florida, Brazil, east coast of North America, Haiti, Cuba), 28 European maps (including the North-Atlantic map with parts of Labrador), 10 maps of Africa and 20 maps of Asia.
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