Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
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

S. Lorenzo.