Scotiae descriptio.
Botero, Giovanni,1540-1617
[Brescia : appresso la Compagnia Bresciana,
1599].
Relief shown pictorially.
At head of page: Dell'isole. Scotia. ; "487" top right.
On verso: Italian text headed Libro III; "488" top left.
Issued in Giovanni Botero's "Le relationi universali divise in quattro parti".
Imprint derives from the atlas in which the map was issued ; identified by text, capital letter style and pagination.
Map originally issued in Marchetti's "Il theatro del monde" in 1598 : it was a plagiarised edition of Ortelius' "Epitome".
Plate subsequently re-used by Turrini in 1655 and Scipion Banca in 1667.
Scale statement reads "Miliaria Scotiae" 50 = 30 mm.
Orientated with west to top.
Features include ships.
Koeman,
Charlotte Smith Collection