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Scarce set of 3 maps on a single sheet, which appeared in Gerard De Jode's Speculum Orbis Terrae, published in Antwerp.
The top map is oriented with south at the top and covers the area between the Po River and the foothills, including Piacenze and Parma.
The second map covers a section of the Adriatic centered on Ancona and extending inland to Perugia and L'Aquila.
The third map is centered on Zadar in Croatia on the Dalmatian coastline.
Gerard De Jode (1509-1591) was a pre-eminent mapmaker in the late seventeenth century, a time when the Dutch dominated the map trade. He was known for his many maps, some of which featured in Speculum Orbis Terrae (first edition Antwerp: 1578). Although never as successful as Ortelius’ Theatrum, the Speculum did get republished in a second edition in 1593, two years after De Jode’s death, by Arnold Coninx, and included this map. After his death, Gerard’s son, Cornelis (1568-1600), and his wife, Paschina, ran the shop. Unfortunately, Cornelis died young in 1600, aged only 32, and the stock and plates were sold to the publisher Joan Baptista Vrients.
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