Berlin Atlas of Antonio Millo

Diego Homem's pioneering cartographic masterpiece: eight gold-decorated maps with equally fascinating and beautiful depictions of sea routes, oceans and lands as evidence of the inexorable advance of science

The mapping of sea routes, shallows and harbors based on the latest geographical findings: One of the earliest, most valuable, and most beautifully decorated portolan atlases in the history of cartography

Unifying the most important cartography schools of the 16th century: 19 gold- and silver-decorated maps by King Philip II's court cartographer as a milestone in modern cartography

Commissioned by the Grand Duke of Tuscany from the pupil of the great Battista Agnese: spectacular watercolors presenting the state of European cartography in the mid-16th century

A piece of cartographic history: an impressive world map and an accurate map of the Mediterranean by the chief navigator of the Venetian fleet, Antonio Millo, decorated in gold and beautifully colored

From the workshop of Battista Agnese, arguably the most talented cartographer of the 16th century: scientific accuracy and the refined art of the Italian Renaissance combined in a delicate adorned masterpiece