Alessandro Zorzi's sketch maps
Résumé
In 16th-century Venice, a little-known man called Alessandro Zorzi compiled several notebooks with letters and news about geographic discoveries, along with numerous sketches and comments. The most famous of his manuscripts, entitled Alberico, is devoted to news regarding America. This talk aims to describe the cartographic sketches contained in Codex Alberico, comparing them with contemporary maps and textual sources. The reasons why Zorzi drew these maps are also discussed.
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