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Germania

  • ARTIST: Giovanni Magini

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Giovanni Antonio Magini, Venice.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1596

  • EDITION SIZE: Plate size 5 1/2 x 7 1/8" (14 x 18 cm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A fine early map of Germany. This map appeared in Magini's "Geographiae Universae...". Engraved by the Italian master enngraver Girolamo Porro. Several sea monsters are shown in the surrounding waters.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Black and white.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps