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MAVRITANIA NVOVA TAVOLA, from Italian translation of Ptolemy's Atlas “La Geograpfia Di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino, Nouvamente Tradatta Di Greco in Italiano”. Published in 1575 in Latin and Italian.

17.5 x 23.9 cm. On sheet 22 X 32.1 cm.
Date (published 1575)
Source The University of Florida Map & Image Library
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Girolamo Ruscelli  (16th century – 1566)  wikidata:Q2903986 s:it:Autore:Girolamo Ruscelli q:it:Girolamo Ruscelli
 
Girolamo Ruscelli
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Girolamo Rvscelli, (pseudonyms Alessio Piemontese, Alexius Pedemontanus), Джироламо Рушелли
Description Italian cartographer
Date of birth/death 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
1566 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Viterbo Edit this at Wikidata Venice Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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