16th century woodcut map of Corsica

A scarce map of Corsica, published in Father Leandro Alberti's 'Isole Appartenenti alla Italia', a description of the islands of Italy Leandro Alberti (1479-1552), a Dominican friar from Bologna, was a historian and author, writing biographies of famous Dominicans and histories of Bologna and Venice. His 'Isole' was first published in 1550 without maps, as the second part of his 'Descrizione d'Italia'.