Corsica Mediterranean France Porcacchi 1576 sea monsters decorative early map July2019 towns and villages from the

towns and villages from the cartographic perspective of their location of longitude and latitude

5 1/2"H x 4"W

of a higher order than most others around it

Inset lower left "Plan of Constantinople and Bosphorus"

Paris by Diderot for his monumental Encyclopedia

Corsica Mediterranean France Porcacchi 1576 sea monsters decorative early map July2019 towns and villages from theDescrittione del l'Iso la di Corsica. (Europe, France, Corsica). Issued 1576, Venice, by Tomasso Porcacchi for his "L'Isole piu famose del Mondo". Map engraved by G. Porro. Charming 16th century engraved map. Strapwork title with caryatid figures, compass rose, four sea monsters and stipple oceans with interior detail impart a visual quality unique to this era. A very early separate depiction of this island. Nice looking example, pleasing age patina,