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interesting. Link to the actual zoomable map: https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~303661~90074314:Composite--Tavola-1-60---Map-of-the ht
by newman8r 9y ago
interesting. Link to the actual zoomable map:
https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~303661~90074314:Composite--Tavola-1-60---Map-of-the https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~3...
- ekianjo 9y agoNice! There is a hole/frame right above Spain, I wonder what it was supposed to be used for.
- Kliment 9y agoI suspect the frames were reserved for future patron portraits
- newman8r 9y agoI asked on reddit but ended up finding the answer on my own. " The note box has been cut out, indicating perhaps an intended revision that did not occur." per https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~303570~90074177:Tavola-XIII-Che-Ha-Sua-Superiore-La?qvq=q:author%3D"Monte%2B(Monti)%2C%2BUrbano%2C%2B1544-1613";lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=21 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~3... so it's anyone's guess really
- DanAndersen 9y agoDavid Rumsey's site is one of those wonderful gems of the Internet. How wonderful that all these great old maps can be available to all of us on a site like this!
- mstade 9y agoAnd as prints, too! I'm thinking of ordering a big print of this, maybe not the 60", but 36" would look pretty good on one of my walls I think!