"Tierra Nova", Ruscelli, Girolamo

An early copper engraving based on Gastaldi, that covers the South American continent, the South Atlantic and part of the coast of Guinea. It includes numerous inaccuracies with the Amazon River, here called R Maragnon, shown with its source in the south. There are place names along the coastlines, except in present-day Chili, which had yet to be explored by Europeans. The great Inca cities are shown in Peru. Italian text on verso.

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Condition: B+

There is printer’s ink residue in the plate and minor show through of text on verso. A small wormhole on centerfold has been professionally infilled with facsimile of a letter in <i>R. del Franc</i> and the map has been pressed.