| Cartograph: |
Giovanni Antonio Magini (*1555 - †1617) |
| Title: |
Europa |
| Publisher/ Year: |
Cologne, Matthias Quad, 1597 (1604) |
| Sheet Size: |
14.5 x 19.5 cm (5.7 x 7.7 inches) |
| Plate Size: |
13.3 x 17.0 cm (5.2 x 6.7 inches) |
| Beautiful original old hand coloured copper engraved map of Europe. With the mythical island Brasil and Demar west of Ireland. From the 1604 Cologne edition of "Enchiridion cosmographicum" by Matthias Quad. |
| Minor soiling in margin, some age spotting, upper right corner backed with paper not affecting the printed area. Overall fine. |
| About the Cartograph/ Printer: Giovanni Antonio Magini, born 1555 in Padua, was Professor for Astronomy, Astrology and Mathematics at the University of Bologna. He was the first Italian publishing an Atlas of his own country. He also prepared a new edition of the Geographia of Ptolemy, which was first published in 1596. The maps have been engraved by Girolamo Porro. He died 1617 in Bologna. |
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