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Cosmographia Universale: Discrizzion dell' Italia

Forbes and Clark Collections Visualizing Maritime History Project

Page from the book "Cosmographia Universale" with a map of Italy showing major cities, and text describing it in Italian. With a whale next to "Neapels" (Naples), in the sea.
Page 155; verso 156.

Classification

whales

Date Made

1575-01-02

Legal Status

PERMANENT COLLECTION

Major Collection

Hart Nautical

Maker

Birckman, Arnold

Materials

ink; laid paper

Measurements

12 in x 8 in

Place Made

Germany: Cologne

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