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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Africa
Giovanni Antonio Magini, Geografia cioè Descrittione universale della Terra., 1596 (1612)
Figura dell’Affrica e sue provincie
Giuseppe Rosaccio, Teatro del cielo e della terra, 1598
TABVLA AFRICÆ IIII
Giuseppe Rosaccio, Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo alessandrino, tradotta di greco nell’idioma volgare italiano da Girolamo Ruscelli, et hora nuouamente ampliata da Gioseffo Rosaccio, 1599
Africa XXI
Christiaan Andreas Sepp, Nuovo atlante portatile, 1758 (1777; 1785)
L’Africa divisa ne’ suoi principali Stati, di nuova projezione
Antonio Zatta, Atlante novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni e scoperte fatte di più celebri e più recenti geografi, 1778-1785