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Porcacchi, 3 maps from Isolario, 1590/1604, Constantinople, Moluccas, Sri Lanka
Porcacchi, 3 maps from Isolario, 1590/1604, Constantinople, Moluccas, Sri Lanka
Porcacchi, 3 maps from Isolario, 1590/1604, Constantinople, Moluccas, Sri Lanka
Porcacchi, 3 maps from Isolario, 1590/1604, Constantinople, Moluccas, Sri Lanka
Porcacchi, 3 maps from Isolario, 1590/1604, Constantinople, Moluccas, Sri Lanka
Porcacchi, 3 maps from Isolario, 1590/1604, Constantinople, Moluccas, Sri Lanka

Porcacchi, 3 maps from Isolario, 1590/1604, Constantinople, Moluccas, Sri Lanka

$ 132

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Country/Region: Constantinople
  • Year: 1590
  • Format: Atlas Map
  • Date Range: 1500-1599
  • Cartographer/Publisher: Thomaso Porcacchi
  • Type: Region Maps
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
  • Printing Technique: Copper Plate

    Description

    Three Maps from Porcacchi's
    Isolario
    Porcacchi, Tomaso (1530-1585).
    Isole piu Famose del Mondo
    [Famous Islands of the World].
    Published in Venice from 1572 to 1713.
    Porcacchi was a Venetian geographer and author, best known for his
    Isolario
    , which among its many updated maps contained the first specifc map of the continent of North America.
    Here is a group of three map/sheets (1590, 1604) from that atlas:
    "Descrittione di Constantinopli" (1604) [Constantinople/Istanbul]
    "Descrittione dell'Isola di Taprobana" (1590) [Sri Lanka]
    "Descrittione dell'Isole Molucche" (1590) [Moluccas]
    Complete sheets, each measuring roughly 11.5" by 7.75". Very nice condition.
    Three maps for one price
    .