Maps & Charts

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Inferno

Botticelli, Chart of Hell

Botticelli, Chart of Hell

Source: Botticelli, Sandro Chart of Hell, c.1480-c.1495. Vat. Lat. 1896. Reproduced with permission of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.

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Inferno Chart

Inferno Chart

Reproduced with permission of the Museo Casa di Dante. The copyright to this illustration is held by the Unione Fiorentina of the Museo Casa di Dante.
Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno

Source: Lindsay McCulloch, 2000. The copyright to the illustration of the map of Hell is held by Lindsay McCulloch. Publication (print or electronic) or commercial use of this drawing is strictly prohibited.

Purgatory

Purgatory Chart of the Museo Casa

Purgatory Chart

Reproduced with permission of the Museo Casa di Dante. The copyright to this illustration is held by the Unione Fiorentina of the Museo Casa di Dante.
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Dante's Purgatory

Source: Lindsay McCulloch, 2002.

Paradise

Paradise Chart

Paradise Chart

Reproduced with permission of the Museo Casa di Dante. The copyright to this illustration is held by the Unione Fiorentina of the Museo Casa di Dante.

Geographic Maps

Dante Map

Dante Map

Source: Hensman, Mary. Dante Map (London: David Nutt, 1892). Cornell Fiske Dante Collection. This work includes Hensman's Preface and a list of all the places recorded. Hensman's Dante Map shows both places named in Dante's writings and places supposed to have been visited by Dante during his exile. Click here to see color page images
Dante Map: detail of Tuscany

Dante Map: detail of Tuscany

Source: Hensman, Mary. Detail of Dante Map (London: David Nutt, 1892). Cornell Fiske Dante Collection.
Map of Europe, 1300

Map of Europe, 1300

Reproduced with permission of the Museo Casa di Dante. The copyright to this illustration is held by the Unione Fiorentina of the Museo Casa di Dante. Artist: Massimo Tosi.
Map of Italy, 1300

Map of Italy, 1300

Reproduced with permission of the Museo Casa di Dante. The copyright to this illustration is held by the Unione Fiorentina of the Museo Casa di Dante.
Map of Tuscany, 1300

Map of Tuscany, 1300

Reproduced with permission of the Museo Casa di Dante. The copyright to this illustration is held by the Unione Fiorentina of the Museo Casa di Dante.

Florence

Detail of Florence from Madonna della Misericordia

Detail of Florence from Madonna della Misericordia

Executed by the school of Bernardo Daddi in 1342, this is the earliest known image of Florence. Reproduced with the permission of the Museo del Bigallo, Florence.
Model of Dante's Florence

Dante's Florence

Reproduced with permission of the Museo Casa di Dante.
Model of Dante's Florence

Model of Dante's Florence

Reproduced with the permission of Museo Casa di Dante. Photograph: Gabriele Guidi
Florence, 1470

Florence, 1470

Source: Prospect of Florence (19th copy of a 1470 engraving). Reproduced with permission of the Museo di Firenze com'era, Florence. Photograph: Deborah Parker.
Florence, 1469

Florence, 1469

Source: Pistelli, Emenegildo. Per la Firenze di Dante (Florence: Sansoni, 1921).
Special Note: We are most grateful to the Museo Casa di Dante, for granting us permission to reproduce the illustrations Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso.