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Book of the Islands of the ArchipelagoThe Liber Insularum Archipelagi is an island book (insularium in Latin, isolario in Italian) written by a Florentine monk Cristoforo Buondelmonti…
The Spheres of the Heavens and the PlanetsLe Sphaerae Coelestis et Planetarum [The Spheres of the Heavens and the Planets], also referred to as De Sphaera, is one of the most elaborate…
The Queen Mary AtlasThe surviving vellum manuscript known as the “Queen Mary Atlas'' consists of 24 pages each the size of a small coffee table (580 by 500 mm), including…
Atlas UniversalThe Atlas Universal by Diogo Homem, completed in the mid 16th century, is a world atlas containing 19 entries covering a multitude of different…
Castiglioni MapThe Castiglioni World Map, created by Portuguese cartographer Diogo Ribeiro in 1525, is a stunning and detailed depiction of the known world during…
Road to Rome mapThis is a facsimile of a rare colored version of a black and white woodcut map that highlights routes to travel from central European countries to…
Universal AtlasVaz Dourado’s Universal Atlas depicts the coastlines and interiors of much of the world, as explored by the Portuguese up until that point. Our…
Fra Mauro MappamundiOriginating sometime between 1448 and 1460, Fra Mauro’s remarkably detailed and complex world map was created at the monastery of San Michele on…
Map of FlorenceAt only two feet by four feet, the Map of Florence (Veduta della Catena) engraving depicts an intricate city view of Florence, Italy. Expressive, wavy…
View with a ChainThis large (52 in. x 23 in.) woodcut from the 1470s or early 1480s attributed to Francesco Rossselli depicts the entire city of Florence and the Arno…