Girolamo Ruscelli: Isola Spagnola Nova
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Cartographer:
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Girolamo Ruscelli
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Title:
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Isola Spagnola Nova
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Date:
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1574
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Published:
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Venice
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Width:
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10 inches / 26 cm
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Height:
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8 inches / 21 cm
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Map ref:
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WIND3656
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Description:
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Early copper-engraved map of Hispaniola, modern-day Haiti and Dominican Republic. One of the earliest available maps to focus on the island. Published in Ruscelli's 1574 edition of Ptolemy's "Geographia". Enlarged from the rare 1548 map by Giacomo Gastaldi.
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