IdentifierMaps_5cDate1566DescriptionThe map's full title is L'Isola Spagnola una delle prime che Colombo tironasse, hogi e detta L'Isola di S. Dominico, el'habitano Spagnoli, percioche pohi Isolani uisono rienasi, Efertilissima di molte cose, come di Corone Mastice. Published in Venice in 1566. Tooley, "Maps in Italian Atlases," no. 86, lists eleven known copies of this second issue of L'Isole Spagnola. The first issue (1564), bearing the imprint of Paolo Forlani, Venice, is more common. Very few maps of the period depicted American areas, but Hispaniola was of special interest at this early date. Isabella, the site of the first European settlement in the New World, is on the north coast of Hispaniola and was a center of activity throughout the sixteenth century. Language NoteItalianSubjectHispaniola--MapsCopyright StatementNo Copyright – Non-Commercial Use OnlySize18x24.5 centimeters.CartographerFernando Bertelli
