Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 4148

Southeastern Asia > Burma, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and adjacent countries

"Tabula Asiae XI."

Map of the area of Burma (Union of Myanmar), Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and adjacent countries, from the Bay of Bengal (Sinus Gangeticus) to the Gulf of Siam (Sinus Magnus). In the style of Ptolemy.

Etching from a Geography of Ptolemy edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, printed and published by Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice 1561, 18 x 23,5 cm.

€ 280,-

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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