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Antonio FLORIANUS (1656-1721). [World Map]. 1555 Medici Secretary) IAntonio FLORIANUS (1656 1721) [World Map] Venice, c. 1555 Sheet: 21 12 x 36, framed: 33 x 47 12 Engraved map Untitled double hemisphere map constructed on a polar projections, with each hemisphere cut into thirty six gores, in the manner of printed globes John Rennie Short description: In the early sixteenth century the Venetian Empire was at its greatest extent. It was a trading empire that carried goods throughout the Mediterranean, across Europe