Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 4348

South America > Brazil, Uruguay

"Brasil Nuova Tavola."

Map of Brazil and adjacent countries, from the Amazon River to the Río de la Plata estuary, orientated to the west.

Etching from a Geography of Ptolemy edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, printed and published by Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice 1561, 18 x 25,5 cm.

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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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