1597 – G. A. Magini – Scandia

Title:                      “Scandia, sive Regiones Septentrionales”

Description:
The first edition of Leonardo Cernoti’s Italian translation of Ptolemy’s Geografia based on the 1596 Latin edition of Magini map of Scandinavia. The map based on Ortelius’ and shows two Greenlands, the imaginary islands of Frisland, St. Brendain and many other small, phantom islands in the North Sea.

Issued by Claudius Ptolemaeus edited by Giovanni Magini and Leonardo Cernoti in atlas “Geografia cioe Descrittione Universale della Terra … Nuovamente … Rincontrati, & Corretti … Gio. Ant. Magini … Opera … Tradotta dal R.D. Leonardo Cernoti …” published by Giovanni Battista Galignani and Giorgio Galignani in Venice, 1597.

Cartographer:       Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555 – 1617)
Sheet size:               21,3 x 30,3 cm
Year:                         1597
Technique:             copper engraving
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Condition:
Good condition. Watermarked paper. Few light water stains and worm traces preset.

This is an original antique map published in 1597 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity