"Temistitan", Porcacchi, Tomaso
Subject: Mexico City, Mexico
Period: 1620 (published)
Publication: L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo
Color: Black & White
Size:
5.6 x 4.1 inches
14.2 x 10.4 cm
This lovely bird's-eye plan of Mexico City depicts the center of the city as a large island in a lake surrounded by smaller islands with houses and fortifications and bridges. The map is set within a page of Italian text (7.9 x 11.4"), with Italian text on verso as well. The text describes the geography and history of the great Aztec capital. Engraved by Girolamo Porro.
References: King (2nd ed.) pp. 57-59 and frontispiece; Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #191-37.
Condition: A
A dark impression with faint foxing and dampstaining in the margins, none of which impact the map image.
