Messana Urbs est Sicilie maxima, situ, opulentia, & tuta navium statione...
Cologne, Germany: c.1575. Notes: Map of Messina, Sicily. Georg Braun (1541 – 1622) was a topo-geographer. From 1572 to 1617 he edited the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, which contains 546 prospects, bird's-eye views and maps of cities from all around the world. He was the principal editor of the work, he.....