Livio Sanuto, Geografia di M. Livio Sanuto… Con XII tavole di essa Africa (Venice, 1588) maps asia centered at the Jardin des

centered at the Jardin des Plantes—later the Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle

Hand-colored lithograph by Ralph Trembly for the firm of J

including the Nicholas de Fer’s

This is perhaps the earliest such map

Livio Sanuto, Geografia di M. Livio Sanuto… Con XII tavole di essa Africa (Venice, 1588) maps asia centered at the Jardin desThis first edition of Livio Sanutos Geografia is widely recognized as the first printed atlas devoted entirely to Africa. Completed and published after Sanutos death, the volume gathers twelve engraved maps and an extensive text reflecting Renaissance Europes expanding geographic curiosity and information networks. The atlas draws on classical authorities and contemporary accounts, offering a unified vision of the continent as understood in the late