Messana, Urbs est Sicilie maxima, situ, opulentiâ, et tuta nauium statione, in qua mirabilis nature vis apparet, celeberrima, ab Italia, seua Charybdi discrea, ab occasu, motib firma, publicis priuatisq edib egregié cultis, fonte perenni, antiquißimus, statuar signis, & sericarum vestium textrinis, nobilißma (Messina, A city of the Sicily, the largest, the situation, that are at ease, and for the safety of the ships station, in which the wonderful force of nature appears with the most famous, from Italy, with a harsh life Charybdis of a discreet, out of the west, in their public man mighty of the cultivated fields, perennial fountain, the most ancient style, statuar standards and silk garment shop)
Artist
Georg Braun
(1541 Cologne, Germany - 1622 Cologne, Germany)
Date1575
Mediumwoodcut or engraving on paper
Dimensions15 3/4 × 20 5/8 in. (40 × 52.4 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation from the Lucia v. B. Batten Estate
Object numberPC2020.51.50
DescriptionThis colored map is of the harbor of Messina, Italy. The illustration is bordered by a frame. The city is walled, and there is a canal on the right end of the map. The harbor wraps around into a half circle, and there are many ships spread out over the harbor. There is a strip along the bottom of the map with a key listing places featured on the map by numbers. Inside an ornately illustrated frame near the lower right corner is the title in a cartouche.On View
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