1598 Braun & Hogenberg Antique Map View Old Town of Gallipoli Apulia South Italy Town Plans Background: This wood-cut engraved World

Background: This wood-cut engraved World map was prepared for the 1550 edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia to replace the earlier World map by Sebastian Munster which had appeared in the editions of the Geographia and Cosmographia from 1540 onwards

The belts comprised two defensive barriers that included forts

crossing the Antarctic Circle on 20th December 1773

Glogau 1846

These atlases have become known as the Mercator/Hondius series

1598 Braun & Hogenberg Antique Map View Old Town of Gallipoli Apulia South Italy Town Plans Background: This wood-cut engraved WorldTitle : Gallipolis Ref #: 82085 Size: 20 3 4in x 16in (520mm x 405mm) Date : 1598 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This beautiful original hand coloured copper plate engraved antique map a birds eye view of the Old Town of Gallipoli located on the Salentine Peninsula, in Apulia, Southern Italy & the Angevine Aragonese Castle, was engraved by the Italian Natale Bonifacio di Girolamo, was published in the 1598 edition of Braun & Hogenbergs