Ruscelli, Girolamo
1598

Scarce antique map of the Greek Archipelago

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Antique map of Greece published in 1598. The third state of Ruscelli's map of Greece and one of the earliest obtainable maps of modern Greece, derived from Gastaldi's map of 1548. Coverage includes Istanbul ("Costantinopili"), Turkey; Izmir ("Smirne"), Turkey; Crete, Negroponte, Corfu, and the Cycladic Greek Islands; Otranto and Gallipoli, Italy; and part of the Gulf of Venice.

This colorful, scarce map is from the sixth edition of Girolamo Ruscelli's translation of Claudio Ptolemy's Geografia with 27 Ptolemaic maps and 42 other maps based on modern sources.

Girolamo Ruscelli (1504 - 1566) was an Italian cartographer and writer who, under the pseudonym Alexius Pedemontanus, published the popular book "The Secrets of Alexis of Piedmont". That book was an early contribution to the scientific revolution that arose during the Rennaisance.

CREATOR: Ruscelli, Girolamo

PUBLICATION DATE: 1598

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Greece

BODY OF WATER: Aegean Sea

CONDITION: Good.  Solid on strong paper. Slight age-toning.

COLORING: Hand color.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 9 " x 7 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

PRICE: $

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