15th Century Map – ISOLA SPAGNVOLA

A very interesting map from 1534. Please see details and credits below.

(1534) Ramusio, Giovanni Battista (also Peter Martyr, Fernández de Oviedo). In Raccoita di Navigationi et Viaggi… Isola de Spagnvola. Venice. This edition: second (1556). This state: second. Size: 270 x 190 mm. Language: Italian. Region: Hispaniola. Medium: woodblock. Comments: This second edition (and state) was printed in 1556, and it can be distinguished by damage to some lettering (e.g., see first “N” in PONENTE”). It is said that this block was destroyed in a fire in printing house of Tomaso Guinti so had to be recut for future editions.