Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 3448

Middle and South Africa > central and southern part of Africa with Madagascar

"Africa Nuova Tavola."

Map of the central and southern part of Africa, from the Gulf of Guinea via Cape of Good Hope to the Gulf of Aden. With Madagascar ('Isola di Lorenzo').

Etching from a Geography of Ptolemy edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, printed and published by Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice 1561, 19 x 25 cm.

€ 400,-

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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