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Map of the Ancient World (Europe, Africa, Asia)
Antique Maps

Map of the Ancient World (Europe, Africa, Asia)

G. A. Magini & L. Cernoti (after Ptolemy) · Venice · G. B. & G. Galignani · 1597

Ptolemaic map of the ancient world from Magini's Geografia (Cernoti edition), Venice 1597.

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Key Properties

Maker: G. A. Magini / L. Cernoti, after Ptolemy

Place: Venice

Date: 1597

Medium: Copper engraving

Condition

Available on request.

References & Bibliography

From the Galignani edition of Magini's Ptolemy, Venice 1597–1598. Cf. Shirley, Maps in the Atlases of the British Library, T.PTOL-12b.

Description

An engraved Ptolemaic map of the ancient world, Europe, Africa and Asia, from Giovanni Antonio Magini's edition of Ptolemy's Geografia, in Leonardo Cernoti's Italian translation, published in Venice in 1597–98.

Provenance

Available on request.