Europa

Old coloured map of the European continent. Printed in Cologne by Matthias Quad in 1604.

Reference 10580

Description

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.

Details

Cartographer	Giovanni Antonio Magini
Title	Europa
Publisher, Year	Matthias Quad, Cologne, 1597 (1604)
Plate Size	13.3 x 17.0 cm (5.2 x 6.7 inches)
Sheet Size	14.5 x 19.5 cm (5.7 x 7.7 inches)

Condition

Minor soiling in margin, some age spotting, upper right corner backed with paper not affecting the printed area. Overall fine.

Cartographer

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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Giovanni Antonio Magini: Europa.

Old coloured map of the European continent. Printed in Cologne by Matthias Quad in 1604.

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