1677. Published in Rome.

By ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo de (1627-1691). Copperplate engraving. Rossi's map was faithfully modelled on Sanson's (Guglielmo Sansone) map of 1668 as cited in the title cartouche, only substituting Italian for French text. Some characteristics of this map are: the 2 St. Helena Islands; the inaccuracy of Southern Africa (before the discovery of longitude; Brazil is depicted as 10 degrees further West than it should be (Treaty of Tordesillas; Cape Aghullas (Cape of 'needles' - there was no magnetic deviation). 

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