India.- Gastaldi (Giacomo) Seconda Tavola, map of southern Asia, oriented with south at the top, showing Arabia (with Bahrain) on the right, India, Ceylon and the Maldives, with the edge of Sumatra at the top left, from Ramusio's 'Delle navigationi et viaggi', numerous illustrations of hunters and elephants and other wildlife feature, six large sea monsters fill the ocean, engraving on 16th century laid paper with watermark of an [?]axe, platemark 280 x 385 mm. (11 x 15 1/8 in), sheet 310 x 400 mm. (12 1/4 x 15 3/4 in), central vertical fold, minor handling creases, unframed, Venice, [circa 1563 and later]. ⁂ Engraved version, cut in 1563 after the original woodcut was destroyed in a fire at the printing house in 1557.
India.- Gastaldi (Giacomo) Seconda Tavola, map of southern Asia, oriented with south at the top, showing Arabia (with Bahrain) on the right, India, Ceylon and the Maldives, with the edge of Sumatra at the top left, from Ramusio's 'Delle navigationi et viaggi', numerous illustrations of hunters and elephants and other wildlife feature, six large sea monsters fill the ocean, engraving on 16th century laid paper with watermark of an [?]axe, platemark 280 x 385 mm. (11 x 15 1/8 in), sheet 310 x 400 mm. (12 1/4 x 15 3/4 in), central vertical fold, minor handling creases, unframed, Venice, [circa 1563 and later]. ⁂ Engraved version, cut in 1563 after the original woodcut was destroyed in a fire at the printing house in 1557.
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