Contarini-Roselli World Map

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Title

Contarini-Roselli World Map

Description

The Contarini–Rosselli map was designed by Giovanni Matteo Contarini and engraved by Francesco Rosselli. It is a copper-engraved map and was published in Venice or Florence in 1506. Printed only a few years after Columbus, it shows the world from the North Pole and includes a partial image of the east North America. The only surviving copy is in the British Library.

Publisher

Morrab Library

Rights

Morrab Library

Format

Lantern Slide

Identifier

MG.492