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947Engraved antique map of Greece published in 1598DetailsRuscelli, Girolamo1598
Scarce antique map of the Greek Archipelago
Ruscelli, Girolamo
1598
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$0.00Ruscelli--GirolamoScarce-antique-map-of-the-Greek-ArchipelagoSOLD <br></br> Antique map of <b>Greece</b> 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. <br></br> This colorful, scarce map is from the sixth edition of <b>Girolamo Ruscelli's</b> translation of Claudio Ptolemy's Geografia with 27 Ptolemaic maps and 42 other maps based on modern sources. <br></br> Girolamo Ruscelli (1504 - 1566) was an Italian cartographer and writer who, under the pseudonym <b>Alexius Pedemontanus</b>, published the popular book "<i>The Secrets of Alexis of Piedmont</i>". That book was an early contribution to the scientific revolution that arose during the Rennaisance.
948Engraved antique map of Greece based on Ptolemy's coordinates.DetailsRuscelli, Girolamo1598
Scarce Ptolemaic map of Greece
Ruscelli, Girolamo
1598
LOC:2
$0.00Ruscelli--GirolamoScarce-Ptolemaic-map-of-GreeceSOLD <br><br>Colorful engraved antique map of Greece on a trapezoidal projection published in 1598, based on the work of <b>Claudius Ptolemy</b>. Coverage includes mainland Greece, the <b>Peloponnese Peninsula</b>, Crete, Cyclades Archipelago, the Sporades and Ionian Islands, and the Gulf of Corinth. <br></br> This scarce map is from the sixth edition of Girolamo Ruscelli's translation of Claudio Ptolemy's <b>Geografia</b> with 27 Ptolemaic maps and 42 other maps based on modern sources. Ptolemy (ca. 100 AD - 170 AD) was a Greco-Egyptian cartographer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. Ptolemy's Geografia was a a compilation of geographical coordinates of the world's locations and geographic features known to the Roman Empire in the second century AD. <br></br> Girolamo Ruscelli (1504 - 1566) was an Italian cartographer and writer who, under the pseudonym <b>Alexius Pedemontanus</b>, published the popular book "<i>The Secrets of Alexis of Piedmont</i>". That book was an early contribution to the scientific revolution that arose during the Rennaisance.