Summary
Giuseppe Rosaccio: View of the island of Rab
The view shows the island seen from the offshore side. Contours are shown with large errors. Supetarska draga and Lopar on the west side of the island are barely distinguishable. The only marked settlement on the island is the city of Rab, where we can recognize the walled city and the characteristic bell towers of its churches.
Giuseppe Rosaccio (approx. 1530-1620): Italian cosmographer who worked in Venice. His most famous works are "Teatro del Cielo e Terra Florence" from 1594, the edition of Ptolemy's "Mode elementa" from 1604 and "Teatro del Cielo" from 1615. The most significant for the Croatian countries is his "Viaggio da Venetia a Constantinopoli" book with depictions of all major islands and ports on the way from Venice to Constantinople, which saw several editions from 1597 onwards.
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