Subject: Hispaniola
Period: 1561 (published)
Publication: La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino…
Color: Black & White
Size:
9.6 x 7.1 inches
24.4 x 18 cm
This fine early copperplate engraving of Hispaniola is based on Gastaldi's 1548 map of the island. It is rendered in the characteristic Italian style with a stipple-engraved sea and bold border. Italian text on verso describes the island.
References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #216-64.
Condition: A
A sharp impression on paper with the watermark of an anchor in a medallion with a six-pointed star on top. There is a minor centerfold separation that has been archivally repaired and a tiny tear in the bottom blank margin.