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Tommaso Porcacchi  (1530–1576)  wikidata:Q3992830 s:it:Autore:Tommaso Porcacchi q:it:Tommaso Porcacchi
 
Alternative names
Tomaso Porcacchi Castilione
Description Italian geographer, translator and cartographer
Writer, cartographer
Date of birth/death 1530 Edit this at Wikidata October 1576 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Castiglion Fiorentino Udine
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creator QS:P170,Q3992830
Girolamo Porro
Description
English: L'isole più famose del mondo (The most famous islands of the world). This is an early edition of author and cartographer Porcacchi's celebrated description of islands, with numerous illustrations throughout by the Paduan engraver Girolamo Porro. The work contains an early map and four-page description of the four provinces of Ireland, and the dress of its inhabitants. Venice, 1576. Chester Beatty Library Rare Books: AF697, pp. 12-13
Date 1576
date QS:P571,+1576-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Rare Books: AF697, pp. 12-13
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L'isole più famose del mondo (The most famous islands of the world). Venice, 1576 (CBL Rare Books: AF697, pp. 12-13)

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