A hand-colored map of a "new" depiction of ancient Italy. A list of authors who contributed to the map are listed in a scrollwork cartouche in the lower right corner. The title cartouche in the upper right corner is flanked by an eagle perched on an orb to its left and a regal woman on its right. Various sailing vessels and a sea monster decorate the seas. The map is from the book, Accuratissima orbis antiqui delineatio, published in Amsterdam by Jan Jansson.
A collection of maps by various geographers including Ortelius and Lhuyd, Accuratissima orbis antiqui delineatio was first published without text in 1652. In 1653 the first ed. with text by Georg Horn appeared. The maps and text were later published as part of vol. 6, first published 1658, of the Mercator-Hondius-Jansson Novus atlas. After a final ed. brought out by J. Janssonius van Waesberghe, Pieter de Hondt published the work with additional maps in 1740 and 1741, with text in Latin, English, and French respectively.
