Summary
Giuseppe Rosaccio: Rovigno / Rovinj - Veduta
Copper engraving
From the work: Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli: per mare, e per terra & insieme quello di Terra Santa, Venice, Giacomo Franco, 1598
The church of St. Euphemia and the cave of St. Euphemia, where, according to legend, the sea waves carried the sarcophagus with the body of St. Euphemia. In front of the port of Sv. Katarina, two islets are marked - Peoti and the islet of Sv. Andrije, where you can see the eponymous monastery with the church.
Giuseppe Rosaccio (ca. 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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