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Central northern Europe: Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary
Stefano Bonsignori1577
Palazzo Vecchio Museum
Firenze, Italy
The scroll reads: "It is not to believe that people of so noble a province such as Germany, handed down from the great father Noa to Tuiscone, lived as grossly as their enemies the Romans described. The Germans lived peacefully, within their limits, defended by huge rivers, extremely harsh mountains, a very dangerous sea, following their ancient laws." Photo: Rabatti&Domingie
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- Title: Central northern Europe: Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary
- Creator Lifespan: 1589
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Firenze
- Creator Birth Place: Firenze
- Date Created: 1577
- cartographer: Stefano Bonsignori
- Theme: map
- Physical Dimensions: w112 x h113 cm (Complete)
- Original title: Europa centro settentrionale: Belgio, Paesi Bassi, Danimarca, Germania, Polonia, Svizzera, Austria e Ungheria
- Historical information: The panels in the Maps'Room are 53. 30 out of these were realized by the dominican friar from Perugia Egnazio Danti, the court cosmographer from 1553 to 1575; the remaining 23 were realized by the olivetan monk Stefano Bonsignori from 1576 to 1586. The panels show all the world as known at the time.
- Type: oil painting on wood
- Rights: Comune di Firenze, Comune di Firenze
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