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GIACOMO GASTALDI (fl1539-1566).
[Asia] La Descrittione della prima parte dell' Asia con i nomi antichi e moderni, on two sheets joined (440 x 750mm); Il disegno della seconda parte dell' Asia, on two sheets joined (480 x 760mm); Il disegno della terza parte nell' Asia, on two sheets joined (480 x 740mm) with seperate southern extension (150 x 480mm). Venice: 1561-1565. Three double-sheet engraved maps with one separate small southern extension. Titles set in 'tablet' cartouches, compass roses, scale bars, seas in stipple, land with mountains, rivers, lakes and principal towns, window mounts.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MAPS OF ASIA. The first accurately drawn large maps of the continent, that became the basic standard for the geography throughout the 16th Century. Gastaldi used names derived from Marco Polo's account for this map. This copy of the 1561 issue includes one of the southern extensions issued by Forlani in 1565 (some copies have two small extensions). Tibbetts 28; Suarez pp 130-136; Karrow 30/85; 30/91; 30/92 and 30/H. (4)
[Asia] La Descrittione della prima parte dell' Asia con i nomi antichi e moderni, on two sheets joined (440 x 750mm); Il disegno della seconda parte dell' Asia, on two sheets joined (480 x 760mm); Il disegno della terza parte nell' Asia, on two sheets joined (480 x 740mm) with seperate southern extension (150 x 480mm). Venice: 1561-1565. Three double-sheet engraved maps with one separate small southern extension. Titles set in 'tablet' cartouches, compass roses, scale bars, seas in stipple, land with mountains, rivers, lakes and principal towns, window mounts.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MAPS OF ASIA. The first accurately drawn large maps of the continent, that became the basic standard for the geography throughout the 16th Century. Gastaldi used names derived from Marco Polo's account for this map. This copy of the 1561 issue includes one of the southern extensions issued by Forlani in 1565 (some copies have two small extensions). Tibbetts 28; Suarez pp 130-136; Karrow 30/85; 30/91; 30/92 and 30/H. (4)
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