COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
12882
File Name:
12882-001
Call number:
H788 F723e
Map title:
Planisferio antico di Andrea Bianco Che si conserva in Venezia nella Biblioteca di S. Marco
Place of Publication:
Venice
Publication date:
[1783]
Map size height:
26 cm.
Map size width:
26 cm.
Item description:
Engraved map, fold-out, part 2, following p. 41
Geographical description:
Mappa mundi or circular world map showing Jerusalem at the center and Antillia at the bottom. Also includes the lands of Magog and Gog at top.
Source author:
Formaleoni, V. A. (Vincenzio Antonio), 1752-1797
Source title:
Saggio sulla nautica antica de' Veneziani, con una illustrazione d'alcune carte idrografiche antiche della Biblioteca di S. Marco
Source place:
In Venezia: Presso l'autore, MDCCLXXXIII
Geographic Area:
World
Historical notes:
Formaleoni claimed that the Venetians discovered the West Indies prior to Columbus and offers as proof maps with the island of Antillia (or Antilia) on them. Antilia was a legendary island always shown with a distinctive rectangular shape notched with several bays. It was reputed during the age of exploration to lie in the Atlantic Ocean far to the west of Portugal and Spain. The island joined other fictional islands such as Isle of Seven Cities, Ilha das Sete Cidades (Portuguese), Septe Cidades, Sanbrandan (or Saint Brendan). This map was engraved from Andrea Bianco's 1436 manuscript map in the Library of San Marco. Bianco had also collaborated with Fra Mauro on the Fra Mauro world map of 1459.
Normalized date:
1783
LC bibliographic number:
b33836772
Creator:
Formaleoni, V. A. (Vincenzio Antonio), 1752-1797
Creator:
Bianco, Andrea, fl. 1436-1458
Planisferio antico di Andrea Bianco Che si conserva in Venezia nella Biblioteca di S. Marc...
