Antique Maps by Bernardus Sylvanus

Bernardus Sylvanus also known as Bernardo Silvano of Eboli, created a unique hybrid of Classical and modern information on his maps for the 1511 Ptolemy edition Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini liber Geographicae..., printed in Venice. He fitted Ptolemy's list of provinces, towns, and other places as they existed in the Classical period to the modern geographical outline of the coasts, rivers, and mountains. The maps have been printed in two colours - black and red, one of the earliest examples of two colour printing.