SICILIÆ ANTIQUÆ quæ et SICANIA et TRINACRIA dicta TABULA GEOGRAPHICA

Guilliame Delisle (1675-1726) is important as the first "scientific" cartographer who incorporated the most current information on exploration and topography into his maps. He adopted entirely new principles in cartography and set about making a thorough reform in that subject. Delisle recognized that the new methods of measuring by scale and of marking the places were very valuable for cartography; with this help he therefore produced a new and more accurate picture of the world.A beautiful map of Sicily, covering a part of African coast, Italian main land coast and Liparian Islands. Attractive inset showing plan of Syracuse in the top left corner.

Fine condition; good margins.