Porro, Girolamo
Girolamo Porro (1520 - 1604) was an Venetian engraver, humanist, illustrator, map maker, and publisher. Porro was born in Padua but lived most of his life in Venice. Porro worked with a number of important Venetian humanists including Camillo Camilli, Scipione Barbuo, Porcacchi, Ruscelli, and Ariosto. Cartographically Porro has produced only a few works, but these include such important works as the maps for Porcacchi's 1572 Isole piu Famose del Mondo (including the first obtainable specific map of North America), and the maps included with Ruscelli's 1574 Italian translation of Ptolemy's Geographia.
Magini's First Latin Edition.
Tabula Asiae VI.
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This is Giovanni Antonio Magini's Ptolemaic map of Arabia, appearing in his first 1596 edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. This new translation, engraved by Girolamo Porro, was the most attractively executed small-format edition of the ancient geographic text. (more details)
Africa and Anatolia as Known to the Ancients.
Tavola Quarta Dell' Africa./ Tavola Prima Dell'Asia.
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This is Giovanni Antonio Magini's Ptolemaic map of Africa, from the 1598 first Italian edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. The maps, engraved by Girolamo Porro, graced the most attractively executed small-format edition of the classical geographic text. The verso contains Magini's Ptolemaic map of Asia Minor. (more details)