Detail View: Maps of Africa: S. Lorenzo.

Title: 
S. Lorenzo.
Title in Translation: 
Madagascar.
Publication Place: 
Venice
Publisher: 
Porcacchi, Thomaso, 1530-1585? (printer)
Publication Date: 
1590
Cartographer: 
Porcacchi, Thomaso, 1530-1585?
Engraver: 
Porro, Girolamo, 1520-1604
Height: 
22 cm.
Width: 
14 cm.
Scale: 
No scale given
Color: 
Uncolored
Descriptive Notes: 
"First appeared in 1572, and various editions appeared up to 1686." The seas contain a compass rose and two sea monsters. Italian text below map. Title across the top: Descrittione dell'Isola di S. Lorenzo. Top left: 178.
Provenance: 
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area: 
Islands
Geographic Focus: 
Madagascar
Period: 
16th c.
Norwich Number: 
333
Call Number: 
NOR 0333
Source: 
L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo (1590) (2nd. edition)
References: 
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page: 
map 0333, p. 381
Program: 
Jacobson Africana Program