ABSTRACT
This chapter traces the development of mapping in the countries of Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. The graduated Ptolemaic maps set a new standard in construction, and the supplementary maps added to manuscripts and printed editions of the Geographia presented the first modern maps of several European countries. The greatest contribution made in the 16th century to Italian provincial mapping was that of Giacomo Gastaldi, whose services to the cartography of the world and of other European countries have been noticed. Fra Paolino Minorita added a map of Italy and a few small sketches of places in Italy to his chronicle. It is clear that Erhard Etzlaub had made a map of Germany in the German language, and a map of the surroundings of Nuremberg which was printed by Glockendon. After the first general maps of Switzerland or collections of cantonal maps, special maps of individual cantons began to appear.
