Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio. Descrittione di tutta la Terra. Libro Primo. (to accompany) Geographia di Clavdio Tolomeo alessandrino, tradotta di Greco nell'idioma volgare Italiano da Girolamo Ruscelli . In Venetia, MDXCIX (1599) Appresso gli heredi di M. Sessa.

Engraved double hemispherical world map. The engraving is a model of clarity and neatness, with typical cursive flourishes to the lettering of the sea names. The North Pole is illustrated as a land mass surrounding a sea from which four rivers radiate, and there is a well depicted northwest passage....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ptolemy, Claudius, Ruscelli,Girolamo, Rosaccio, Giuseppe
Format: Map
Language:unknown
Published: Appresso gli heredi di Melchior Sessa 1599
Subjects:
Classical
Hora
North Pole
Northwest Passage
Northwest passage
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