1588 Italia mit Dreien fürnemsten Inseln, Corsica, Sardinia und Sicilia.

This interesting early regional map of Italy is an updated version of Münster’s original 1540 map of the region. It features the full ‘boot’ of Italy along with the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Corfu, and a number of smaller islands near Italy’s western shores. Additionally, the map extends to cover territories in France, Switzerland and the Tyrol, and to the east, Croatia and Albania.  A short portion of the coast of northern Africa is also included. Topography is executed in fine detail throughout the map, with river systems, mountain ranges, cities, towns and fortified positions delineated, with many  toponyms in place. An inset in the upper right names the largest cities of Italy such as Rome, Venice, Florence, Genoa, etc. This edition of the map reveals the strong modernizing influence of Abraham Ortelius, who continued to publish the Cosmographia decades after the death of Münster in 1552. It also reveals a departure from the Fraktur script (used only for the title) i