Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, tradotta di greco nell'idioma volgare italiano da Girolamo Ruscelli et hora nuovamente ampliata da Gioseffo Rosaccio : Con varie annotationi et espositioni ... et una Geografia universale del medesimo, separata da quella di Tolomeo ... et una breve Descrittione di tutta la terra, distinta in quattro libri
Abstract/Contents
- Table of contents
- Map 1. Tabula Europæ I -- Map 2. Tabula Europae II -- Map 3. Tabula Europae III -- Map 4. Tabula Europae IIII -- Map 5. Europæ tabula V -- Map 6. Europæ tabula VI -- Map 7. Europæ tabula VII -- Map 8. Europæ tabula VIII -- Map 9. Europæ tabula IX -- Map 10. Tabula Europae X -- Map 11. Tabula Aphricæ I -- Map 12. Tabula Aphricæ II -- Map 13. Tabula Aphricae III -- Map 14. Tabula Aphricæ IIII -- Map 15. Tabula Asiæ I -- Map 16. Tabula Asiæ II -- Map 17. Tabula Asiæ III -- Map 18. Tabula Asiæ IIII -- Map 19. Tabula Asiæ V -- Map 20. Tabula Asiæ VI -- Map 21. Tabula Asiæ VII -- Map 22. Tabula Asiæ VIII -- Map 23. Tabula Asiæ IX -- Map 24. Tabula Asiæ X -- Map 25. Tabula Asiae XI -- Map 26. Tabula Asiae XII -- Map 27. Ptolemaei Cognita -- Map 28. Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio. -- Map 29. Orbis descriptio -- Map 30. Europa -- Map 31. Anglia et Hibernia nova -- Map 32. Hispania nova tabula -- Map 33. Gallia nova tabula -- Map 34. Flandra, Brabantia, et Holanda nova -- Map 35. Tavola nuova di Germania -- Map 36. Tavola nuova di Schiavonia -- Map 37. Tavola nuova d'Italia -- Map 38. Tavola nuova della Marca Trivigiana -- Map 39. Tavola nuova di Piemonte -- Map 40. Tavola nuova della Marca d'Ancona -- Map 41. Toscana nuova tavola -- Map 42. Tavola nuova di Sardigna et di Sicilia -- Map 43. Polonia et Hungaria nuova tavola -- Map 44. Schonladia nuova -- Map 45. Tavola nuova di Prussia et di Livonia -- Map 46. Di Hungaria et Transilvania tavola novissima / Franco for. ; Opra di Bernardin Valle -- Map 47. Grætia nuova tavola -- Map 48. Africa -- Map 49. Mauritania nuova tavola -- Map 50. Africa Minor nuova tavola
- Map 51. Marmarica nuova tavola -- Map 52. Egitto nuova tavola -- Map 53. Africa nuova tavola -- Map 54. Asia -- Map 55. Natolia nuova tavola -- Map 56. Soria et Terra Santa nuova tavola -- Map 57. Persia nuova tavola -- Map 58. Arabia Felice nuova tavola -- Map 59. Calecut nuova tavola -- Map 60. India tercera nuova tavola -- Map 61. America -- Map 62. Tierra nueva -- Map 63. Nueva Hispania tabula nova -- Map 64. Tierra nova -- Map 65. Brasil nuova tavola -- Map 66. Isola Spagnola nova -- Map 67. Isola Cuba nova -- Map 68. Septentrionalium partium nova tabula -- Map 69. Carta Marina nuova tavola
Description
| Alternative title | Geografia di Clavdio Tolomeo Alessandrino |
|---|---|
| Alternative title | Tolomeo Geografie |
| Uniform title | Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino |
| Type of resource | cartographic |
| Form | electronic; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 atlas ([2] pages, [35], 42, 186, 144, [27] leaves, [4] pages, [1] leaf of plates) : illustrations (woodcuts), 69 double maps (engravings) ; 26 cm |
| Place | Italy |
| Place | In Venetia [Venice] |
| Publisher | apresso gli heredi di Melchior Sessa |
| Publication date | 1599; MDXCIX [1599] |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | Italian |
| Map data | Scales differ ; W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°). |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Ptolemy, active 2nd century | |
|---|---|---|
| Translator | Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565 | |
| Editor | Rosaccio, Giuseppe, approximately 1530-approximately 1620 | |
| Publisher | Haeredes Melchioris Sessae |
Subjects
| Subject | World maps > Early works to 1800 |
|---|---|
| Subject | Nautical charts > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Europe > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Africa > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Asia > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Middle East > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Palestine > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | North America > Discovery and exploration > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | South America > Discovery and exploration > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Genre | Atlas |
| Genre | Cartographic image-cri |
Bibliographic information
| Note | Relief shown pictorially. |
|---|---|
| Note | Trapezoidal projection on some maps; and some contain geographical numbers along margins, with linear parallels indicated at sides. |
| Note | Index: Tavola de' nomi antichi, et moderni di tutte le provincie, regioni, regni, città, castelli, ville, monti, fiumi, mari, selue, paludi, golfi, isole, capi, popoli, & altre cose natobili, contenute in tutto il presente volume di Tolomeo. |
| Note | Title pages for second and third sections: Descrittione della geografia universale, con tavole quarantadue d'intaglio di Rame, nelle quali secondo i più moderni geografi sono poste le provincie, regni, città, castelli, monti, fiumi, laghi, porti, golfi, isole, & altre particolarità di tutta la terra: Con discorsi fatti da Gioseppe Rosaccio, sopra di ciascuna tavola. Libro Primo ... (Maps 28-69); Espositioni, et introduttioni universali di Girolamo Ruscelli sopra la geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, MDXCVIII [1598]. |
| Note | First section contains 8 parts (Della Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, Libro secondo; terzo; quarto; quinto; sesto; settimo; ottavo); second contains 4 parts (Libro primo; secondo; terzo; quarto). |
| Note | Vellum binding. |
| Note | First 2 and last 4 pages blank; first and last 2 possibly added later (included in page description). |
| Note | Engraving on title page; head and tail-pieces throughout. |
| Note | "Con licentia, et privilegio" on title page. |
| Note | Introductory text; extensive illustrated explanatory text. |
| Note | Descriptive text throughout. |
| Note | Map titles at top. |
| Note | Maps show topography, vegetation, waterways, ports. |
| Note | Illustrations of settlements (e.g. Map 18), flora, fauna (e.g. Map 4), ships, sea monsters. |
| Note | Map 27 has pictorial inset and descriptive text. |
| Note | Maps 29 and 30 are double hemisphere world maps, including the north and south poles. |
| Note | Map 36 has shield. |
| Note | Map 46 has decorative cartouche and compass rose. |
| Note | Map 65 has pictorial vignette depicting cannibalism. |
| Note | Map 69 is a nautical map of the world. |
| Local note | This copy has marbled end papers. |
| Local note | Pencil inscription inside front cover: 1; ink inscription on title page, near imprint. |
| Local note | Marginalia on index and throughout Descrittione della geografia universale ..., Libro prima. |
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| Location | electronic resource |
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