File:"Orbis Descriptio" (two hemispheres) western.jpg

Summary

Description
English: *"Calecut Nuova Tavola" (the Deccan and the South), a map by Girolamo Ruscelli, published by Girodano Ziletti, Venice, 1561 and later editions: *a closeup of the South*
  • frontispiece to the 1574 edition*; *the whole map, 1574 ed.*: *northwest*; *northeast*; *southwest*; *southeast*; *a closeup of the Deccan*.
More maps from the same set, both Ptolemaic and updated, 1574 ed. unless otherwise marked, some with modern hand coloring:
Date between 1561 and 1574
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1561-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1574-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/mughal/ruscelli1574/ruscelli1574.html
Author
Girolamo Ruscelli (16th century – 1566)  wikidata:Q2903986 s:it:Autore:Girolamo Ruscelli q:it:Girolamo Ruscelli
 
Girolamo Ruscelli
Alternative names
Girolamo Rvscelli, (pseudonyms Alessio Piemontese, Alexius Pedemontanus), Джироламо Рушелли
Description Italian cartographer
Date of birth/death 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
 1566 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Viterbo Edit this at Wikidata Venice Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location
Venice Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q2903986

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