1572, Italian, Map, Single map edition: Descrittione del mappamondo [cartographic material]. Porcacchi, Tommaso, 1530-1585.

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Descrittione del mappamondo
 
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Physical Description
  • 1 map ; 7.1 x 14 cm., on sheet 27.2 x 18.8 cm.
Published
  • [Venetia : appresso S. Galignani and G. Porro, 1572]
Language
  • Italian

Edition details

Title
  • Descrittione del mappamondo [cartographic material].
Creator
  • Porcacchi, Tommaso, 1530-1585.
Other Creators
  • Porro, Girolamo, 1520-1604.
  • Galignani de Karera, Simon, fl. 1576.
Published
  • [Venetia : appresso S. Galignani and G. Porro, 1572]
Physical Description
  • 1 map ; 7.1 x 14 cm., on sheet 27.2 x 18.8 cm.
Subjects
Time Period
  • 1572
Map Data
  • Scale [ca. 1: 270 000 000]
Notes
  • Oval world map set in a page of text, with relief shown pictorially.
  • Plate from: L'isole piu famose del mondo descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi, da Catiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano al sereniss, principe et sigre. il s. don Giovanni d' Austria...
  • Engraved in copper by Girolamo Porro, this map also shows Timor and "Terra de Luchac". Beach, Lucach and Maletur were locations in Terra Australis first mentioned by Marco Polo.
  • Also available in a digitised form via the Internet at: http:/​/​acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/​album/​albumView.aspx?itemID=​861187&​acmsid=​0 |dDigital order number a127017.
  • Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http:/​/​nla.gov.au/​nla.map-rm2184.
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Language
  • Italian
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