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Title Orbis descriptio [cartographic material].
Creator Ruscelli, Girolamo, d. ca. 156
Publisher [Venetia : Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561].
Subject World maps -- Early works to 1800.
World -- 1561 -- Maps.
Coverage 1561
Description Double hemispherical map of the world. One of two 'modern' world maps that appearred in Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geographia'. Engraved on copper it shows a finely detailed double hemisphere map of the world, the first to appear in an atlas. Possibly adapted from the oval projection used for Gastaldi's larger world map. Relief is shown pictorially.; Text on verso.; Plate 94 from: La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino / Ptolemy. Venetia : Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561.; Shirley, 110; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm149.
Format 1 map ; 2 hemispheres, each 12.9 cm. in diam., on sheet 22.7 x 30.7 cm.
Date 1561
Type Image
Source Item held by National Library of Australia
Rights You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact the <a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/digicoll/copyright.html">National Library of Australia</a> to request permission.
Identifier nla.map-rm149
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm149
Geographic Terms La
Australia