Italiae novissima descriptio auctore Iacobo Castaldo Pedemontano

The map displays the Italian peninsula in detail, oriented with the northern coast at the top and the southern 'boot' extending toward the bottom right. The landmass is filled with topographical markings for mountain ranges and labels for cities. The surrounding seas are decorated with stylized sailing vessels, a leaping sea creature or monster, and a seated figure in the lower Tyrrhenian Sea area holding a trident, representing a maritime deity. The map features an ornate cartouche in the upper right corner containing the title, rendered in a formal Renaissance script.

This work represents the peak of Venetian cartographic production in the 16th century, led by Giacomo Gastaldi, the official cosmographer to the Venetian Republic, and reflects the Renaissance pursuit of precise empirical geography as a component of humanistic natural philosophy.