Girolamo Ruscelli:  Tavola Nuova Di Germania

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Title: Tavola Nuova Di Germania

Map Maker: Girolamo Ruscelli

Description:

Nice example of Ruscelli's modern map of Northern Europe, extending from the Baltic and Poland in the north to Hungary, Carinithia and Bavaria in the south.

 Ruscelli's Atlas is an expanded edition of Gastaldi's Atlas of 1548, which has been called the most comprehensive atlas produced between Martin Waldseemüller's Geographiae of 1513, and the Abraham Ortelius Theatrum of 1570. Ruscelli and Gastaldi's maps were beautifully engraved on copper, marking a turning point in the history of cartography. From that point forward, the majority of cartographic works used this medium. As it was a harder material than wood it gave the engraver the ability to render more detail. Gastaldi sought the most up-to-date geographical information available, making the modern maps in Ruscelli's Geographia among the best modern maps of the period.

Related Categories:
Maps of the Baltic
Maps of Czechoslovakia
Maps of Germany
Maps of Hungary
Maps of Poland