Untitled Map of Mexico City: Ballino 1569

Title: Untitled Map of Mexico City Author: Giulio Ballino Date: 1569 Condition: Very wide margins (cropped in photo), usual light toning, scattered light foxing Inches: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 [Image] Centimeters: 20.96 x 28.58 [Image] Product ID: 102280 Very Rare Plan of Mexico City Fascinating early map of Mexico City by Giulio Ballino in 1569, from the Venetian publisher-typographer Bolognino Zaltieri. From De' Disegni delle Piu Illustri Citta, et Fortezze del Mondo Parte I, which was comprised of one engraved map and 50 plans and views. This very rare book was composed of descriptions and illustrations of city views and fortifications in Italy, Europe and Asia. Mexico City (here called "Timistitano", i.e. Tenochtitlan) is the only plan in the atlas of a site in the western hemisphere.While Venetians were not the discoverers or explorers of the New World, Venice was the capital of early modern print culture and transmitted knowledge about the explorations to Europe. A close look at