In this section we present some historical maps preserved at the Geography Library and the Museum of Geography of the University of Padua, the first museum of its kind in Italy dedicated to Geography. Its patrimony has recently been considerably enriched thanks to the generous donation of Armando Morbiato, thus establishing the Morbiato Collection.

The historical maps were selected and analysed by Chiara Gallanti, research fellow at the DiSSGeA, and by Chiara Forner, trainee and history student. They also undertook the task of cataloguing all of the maps. For any reference or quotation, please attribute the authorship to Chiara Gallanti and Chiara Forner.

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XVII secolo: Dal 1600 al 1700

Affricae tabula nova
Affricae tabula nova
Sebastian Münster, Cosmographey, das ist Beschreibung aller Länder, Herrschaften und fürnemesten Stetten des gantzen Erdbodens, 1588 (1614)
Africa
Africa
Giovanni Botero, Relationi Universali, 1595 (1671)
Africa
Africa
Giovanni Antonio Magini, Geografia cioè Descrittione universale della Terra., 1596 (1612)
Africa
Africa
Philipp Clüver, Introductionis in universam geographiam tam veterem, quam novam libri sex, 1624 (1661)
Tabula geographico-hydrographica
Tabula geographico-hydrographica
Athanasius Kircher, De onderaardse Wereld (Mundus Subterraneus), 1665 (1682)
Facies altera hemispherii terrestris
Facies altera hemispherii terrestris
Johann Zahn, Specula Physico-Mathematico-Historica, 1696