PRVSSIA ET LIVONIA NOVA, 1548

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"PRVSSIA ET LIVONIA NOVA,"

1548 Giacomo Gastaldi (engraver/cartographer) – Giovanbattista Pedrezano (publisher): “PRVSSIA ET LIVONIA NOVA,” Venice, 6.5 x 5 inches / 13 x 17 cm, in copper-engraved versions from the first pocket atlas and the first edition of Gastaldi’s Italian Ptolemy-based atlas: “Ptolemeo. La Geografia.” The maps in the atlas were mostly based on the Münster woodcuts in the Latin edition of 1540.

Years

1548

Author

Giacomo Gastaldi

Sources

National Library of Estonia: www.nlib.ee, www.davidrumsey.com