"Orbis Descriptio" (two hemispheres) eastern

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"Orbis Descriptio" (two hemispheres) eastern

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*"Calecut Nuova Tavola" (the Deccan and the South), a map by Girolamo Ruscelli, published by Girodano Ziletti, Venice, 1561 and later editions: *a closeup of the South*
frontispiece to the 1574 edition*; *the whole map, 1574 ed.*: *northwest*; *northeast*; *southwest*; *southeast*; *a closeup of the Deccan*.
More maps from the same set, both Ptolemaic and updated, 1574 ed. unless otherwise marked, some with modern hand coloring:

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1561 - 1574
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