Scotia.
Porcacchi, Thomaso,approximately 1530-1585?
[Padova : Appresso Paolo et Francesco Galignani fratelli,
1620]
Relief shown pictorially.
Hand coloured, outline, hills and sea shaded.
Orientated with north to the right.
Ornate title cartouche.
"Orcades insule xxxi"
Features include windrose, sea monsters and ships; title cartouche supported by angels..
Italian text on verso.
Included in L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo, by Tommaso Porcacchi. First issued in 1572.
RSGS and Moir "The early maps of Scotland",
Charlotte Smith Collection.