Description: From Magnini's "Geografie cieo Descrittione Universale della Terra", publ. Venice: Battista & Fratelli, 1598. This is the first Italian translation of Ptolemy's Geografia. Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Girolamo Porro' after 'Tomaso Porcacchi Castilione'. Girolamo Porro (ca. 1520-1604) was an Italian engraver on wood and on copper. He was born at Padua and spent most of his working career in Venice. Tomaso Porcacchi Castilione (1530-1585) was an author and cartographer.
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