in Ramusio, in Paolo Giovio’s ‘Elogia’ (published in Florence, 1548, and Basel, 1575), and in a manuscript poem c1550 held in the Museo Civico, Como, by Paolo’s nephew Giulio Giovio (See page 52). It is reported that the unfortunate Girolamo was an eyewitness to his even less fortunate brother’s gruesome demise. Early cartographic representations of Verrazzano’s first voyage The earliest known depictions of Verrazzano’s first voyage are as follows: 1. Vesconte Maggiolo. [Planisphere]. 1527. Portolan chart. Location: Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan (destroyed during the Second World War). 2. Girolamo da Verrazzano. [Planisphere]. 1529. Portolan chart. Location: Vatican Library, Rome (formerly in the Museo Borgia of the Propaganda Fide). 3. Robert de Bailly. [Verrazzano globe]. 1530. Copper globe with “Verrazana” written across the North American seaboard. Locations: Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris; Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. A further example is recorded at Museo Lazaro Galdiano, Madrid, but this appears to be a later copy and is defective. 4. Vesconte Maggiolo. [Planisphere]. 1531. Portolan chart. The present example.
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