Il disegno de gerografia moderna del regno di Polonia. English: The modern hierarchical map of the Kingdom of Poland.
Allo S[ignissi]mo Duca Durbino Avendomi Iddio ottimo et massimo concesso immeritatamente alcuní doni del animo et in spezie quello di cauar in pianta Paesi et città mi parera di ...
“Melita” is the Latin name (and also used in Old Italian) for the island now known as Malta. The map represents the island of Malta, probably during the Great ...
Alli lettori. Quanto la nobilissima Citta di Milano English: To the readers. How much the most noble city of Milan.
Regionum, Suetiae; Gotiae; Noruegiae; Prussiae; Pomeraniae; Ducatus Megapolensis; Frisiae, English: Regions: Sweden; Gothia; Norway; Prussia; Pomerania; Duchy of Megapolis; Frisia. Suetiae: Refers to the historical region of Sweden, or ...
Hollandiae batavorvu veteris insulae et locorum adiacentium exacta descriptioHispaniae Discriptio English: An exact description of the old island of Holland and the adjacent places.
Peloponnesus and Morea refer to the same large, mountainous peninsula in Southern Greece. The name Morea was the common name for the region from the late Middle Ages until ...
Ritratto della fortezza di Ghines. English: Portrait of the fortress of Ghines
Il vero ritratto de Cales. English: The true portrait of Cales. Based on what can be read on the map itself — “Il vero ritratto de Cales” — and ...
Il vero ritratto di Nettuno. English: The true portrait of Nettuno. According to 16th-century maps and cartography, Nettuno would have been located on the west coast of the Italian ...
Il vero ritratto di Zarra. English: The true portrait of Zarra.
Il vero ritratto de Zighet. This historical engraving depicts the fortress of Szigetvár (“Zighet”) during the Siege of 1566, one of the pivotal clashes between the Ottoman Empire and ...
Begnini lettori. Questo disegno rapresenta il naturale della prouincia della Natolia. English: Kind readers. This drawing represents the natural landscape of the province of Anatolia.
Brabantiae Belgarum provinciae recens exactaque descriptio Venitiis. English: A recent and exact description of the province of Brabant in the Belgian province of Venitiis
Roma con li forti. English: Rome with the forts.
In the 16th century, “Scandinavian” referred to the regions of what are now Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The term was also used more broadly for the area of the ...
Title: Geografia tavole moderne di geografia de la maggior parte del mondo di diversi avtori raccolte et messe secondo l’ordine di Tolomeo con i disegni di molte città et ...
Sicilia insularum omnium. English: Sicily of all the islands
Il vero sito della Rocella. On 16th-century maps, Rocella is the old name for the island of Santiago, which is the largest island in the Cape Verde archipelago. The ...
Fortezza di Soppoto. English: Soppoto Fortress. In the 16th century, the Soppoto Fortress—known today as Borsh Castle—played a strategic role along the Albanian coast during a period marked by ...
Spain, France, Northern Italy
Regionis subalpinae vulgo Piemonte appellatae dicriptio, aeneis nostris formis excussa English: Description of the subalpine region commonly called Piedmont, engraved in our bronze molds. The Italian Piedmont is a ...