An early modern map of Egypt
Nuova, et Copiosa, Descrittione di Tutto L'Egitto Pur hora de Paulo Forlani Veronese intagliata in Venetia l'anno 1566.
Venice, 1566. 265 x 345mm.
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An important modern map of Egypt (i.e. not based on Ptolemy) preceded only by Gastaldi's map of 1548 and Ruscelli's copy of 1561. It depicts the Nile Delta with Alexandria, and the Nile itself, Cairo and the Pyramids, Aswan, to 'Asna'.
This is an example of the first state: a later second state has the date of 1588.
Ortelius used this map for his map of Egypt in his 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' atlas, titled 'Aegypti Recentior Descriptio'.









