A 16th century map of Minorca

PORCACCHI, Tomaso.

Minorica.
Venice, c.1590. 110 x 150mm, set in text.

Worm hole affecting last line of text.

An early map of Minorca, with a city shown in profile representing Mahon and sea-monsters filling the seas, set in Italian text. Engraved by Girolamo Porro of Padua, the map was published in Porcacchi's 'L'Isole del Mondo', first published in 1572.


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