Girolamo Ruscelli (1518 in Viterbo - 1566 in Venice) was an Italian mathematician, cartographer, alchemist and writer active in Venice in the mid-16th century.
Malta, Sardinia and Sicily."Tavola Nuova di Sardigna et di Sicilia". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Published in Venice by G. Ziletti, 1562. With title above the map. 18,5:25 cm (7 1/4 x 10 inch.).
South America. "Tierra Nova". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Published in Venice by G. Ziletti, 1562. With title above the map. 19:25 cm (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inch.).
"Tierra Nueva". Orig. copper-engraving from G. Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geography. Published in Venice by G. Ziletti, 1562. With title above the map. 19:25 cm (7 1/2 x 10 inch.).