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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
31959
File Name:
31959
Call number:
Cabinet A554 Tr / OVERSIZE
Map title:
[Map of the world in hemispheres]
Place of Publication:
Venet [Venice]
Publisher:
Michele Tramezzino
Publication date:
M.D.LIIII. [1554]
Map size height:
75.3 cm.
Map size width:
74.2 cm.
Item description:
engraving
Geographical description:
Part of four sheet map pasted into two-sheet hemisphere map which shows North and South America. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, some topographical details, and location of rivers. Of interest is the clear separation of America from Asia.
Cartobibliographic notes:
The two hemispheres created by Tramezzino used "Bacon's Meridian Projection" to resolve the problem of portraying a sphere on a flat surface. Roger Bacon devised this projection in the thirteenth century, well before the world was commonly known to be spherical. This map stands on its own as a masterpiece of Renaissance cartography without any obvious source or imitators.
References:
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 97, plate 83; John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1957, p. 22-23; http://www.progonos… (Dec. 2003)
Geographic Area:
World
Normalized date:
1554
Creator:
Giulio de' Musi

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