Unusual Woodcut Map of America

Giuseppe Rosaccio, 1595:
[untitled map of America]. 5 x 7 inches. Excellent.

$850.

An interesting example of how map evolution was never a steadily "forward" affair, this rough little map may to be a reissue of an earlier map, but in fact was created for the Teatro del Cielo of 1595. The geography is primitively copied from the Ortelius map of 1570, though with differences beyond the crudeness.

As noted by Burden (entry 89), Quivera is shown twice, the Sierra Nevada is marked, and a city is placed at the head of the Gulf of California.