"Figura della Asia", Rosaccio, Guiseppe

Unusual woodblock map of Asia with rudimentary cartography and several large islands representing the East Indies. The interior is filled with mountains, huge Black and Caspian Seas, and with a few places represented by large castles. The eastern coastline is truncated without a Korean Peninsula. A fierce sea monster is shown in the Arctic Ocean and a tiny boat sails the Indian Ocean. Rosaccio's maps were often printed and bound in an unusual manner for maps of the period; printed on two separate leaves. These leaves could easily be joined or they could be mounted and framed as is. Italian text on verso.

References: King (2nd ed.) pp. 72-73.

Condition: A

Dark impression, light soil in blank margins.