Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 3348

West Africa > between the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Guinea

"Mauritania Nuova Tavola."

Map of Western Africa between the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Guinea. With Madeira and the Canary Island, and with the area of the former kingdom of Mauretania.

Etching from a Geography of Ptolemy edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, printed and published by Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice 1561, 18,5 x 24,5 cm.

€ 250,-

Maps by Italian mapmakers of the 16th century are worked out very fine and are famous for their elegant design. Remained copies are quite rare. Zögner, Imago Germaniae, p 14.

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