Subject: World
Period: 1620 (published)
Publication: L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
5.6 x 4.1 inches
14.2 x 10.4 cm
This nautical world map, engraved by Girolamo Porro, was one of two world maps included in Porcacchi's popular pocket-sized atlas. It covers most of the world, excluding far eastern Asia and the western coast of North America; thus alluding to a connection between the two. The Terra Incognita landmass dominates the bottom of the map. The handsome map is filled with rhumb lines and the seas are fully stippled. On a sheet of Italian text measuring 8.0 x 11.4".
References: Shirley #128; Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #191-47.
Condition: A
A nice impression with marginal soiling and several small worm tracks along bottom edge of sheet.
