Benedetto Bordone, City Plan from Isolario, 1547
Benedetto Bordone (1460 - 1531) was an Italian manuscript editor, miniaturist and cartographer. His most famous work is the Isolario (The Book of Islands) in which he describes all the islands of the known world with their folklore, myths, cultures, climates, situations, and history. Printed in Venice in 1528, the work is an example of a cartographic genre popular in Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries. It is intended as an illustrated guide for sailors and attempts to include all the new transatlantic discoveries
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