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Artist or Author: Tomaso Porcacchi; Mapmaker: Girolamo Porro

Work: L'Isole piu famose del Mondo...

Date of Publication: 1576

Style: Originally Hand-colored Engraving

Paper Size: ~ 7 3/4" by 11 3/4"

Condition: Overall Good. There is some light toning or handling which is heavier near the edges. There are couple small spots in the upper portion of the print as well as two very small holes. There may be some faint toned spots or minor imperfections to be expected with age. There also may be some light text bleed through to the work. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions.

Description of the work:

This originally hand-colored map is from Tomaso Porcacchi & Girolamo Porro's L'Isole piu famose del Mondo... This is from the second and expanded edition of the work which added several more maps to this "island book". It was published in Venice in 1576 by G. Anglieri for Simone Glaignani & G. Porro. The maps were completed by Girolamo Porro.

The work included maps of the islands of Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean and of the Americas. The world map in the work is a smaller depiction of the Paolo Forlani map first produced in 1565. The work featured fascinating illustrations of islands and peninsulas of the world, often surrounded by sea monsters and ships.

Tomaso Porcacchi (1530-1585) was an Italian writer. He worked for the printer Gabriele Giolito on a collection of Greek history. He published works on poetry, history, antiquities, and geography.