1574 Natolia Nuova Tavola

This fascinating  Ruscelli map is from his work La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino.  Ruscelli based much of his work on that of Claudius Ptolemy, and on the atlas maps of Giacomo Gastaldi. This map focuses on Asia Minor but does not include the entire territory, as most of the map starts to the east of Anatolia’s western coastline. It does include Constantinople and the portion of eastern Europe which the city now occupies. It extends to the east as far as Armenia, Georgia and Syria. It also depicts portions of both Rhodes and Cyprus as well as some smaller islands in the area. Many ancient cities and civilizations are enumerated. Mountain ranges and river systems are shown and portions of the Black, Mediterranean and Aegean seas are included. Girolamo Ruscelli (1500-1566) was an Italian cartographer, polymath, humanist and editor, active in Venice during the early 16th century. Ruscelli is best known for his important revision of Ptolemy's Geographia, published posthumously