File:Girolamo Ruscelli. Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola. 1562.jpg

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English: "The New Island of Cuba" (Isola Cuba Nova), a copperplate engraved map of Cuba, Jamaica, and part of Hispaniola. It is from Ruscelli's atlas, probably the 1562 edition, published in Italy.
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Girolamo Ruscelli  (16th century – 1566)  wikidata:Q2903986 s:it:Autore:Girolamo Ruscelli q:it:Girolamo Ruscelli
 
Girolamo Ruscelli
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Girolamo Rvscelli, (pseudonyms Alessio Piemontese, Alexius Pedemontanus), Джироламо Рушелли
Description Italian cartographer
Date of birth/death 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Location of birth/death Viterbo Venice
Work period 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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