COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
32641
File Name:
32641
Call number:
Cabinet A566 / 1
Map title:
Cosmographia universalis ab Orontio olim descripta
Place of Publication:
[Venice]
Publisher:
Ioannes Paulus Cimerlinus
Publication date:
1566
Map size height:
50.4 cm.
Map size width:
58 cm.
Item description:
engraving
Geographical description:
Map (heart-shaped or cordiform) of the world including part of the coast of North and South America. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude (based on the Ferro Meridian) and some topographical details. Decorative elements include putti and angels surrounding the map, coat of arms of Henry Fitzalan, 12th earl of Arundel [?] flanked by two stags and surmounted by a helmet and eagle [?], broken columns, palms, and fruit.
Cartobibliographic notes:
Copy of woodcut map by Oronce Finé, Recens, et integra Orbis Descriptio, Paris [1536] . One of the columns bears a dedication to Henry Fitzalan, earl of Arundel. David Woodward has asserted that the map can be confidently identified as being of Venetian origin (despite Cimerlino being identified as being from Verona) from ink and paper analysis
References:
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the World, 116; Woodward, D. "Analysis of paper and ink in early maps," Library Trends, 1987, http://www.ideals.u… (May 2008); John Carter Brown Library, Annual Reports 1960, p. 32-33; Imago Mundi III (Tooley, R.V., "Maps in Italian Atlases," no. 19); British Museum Printed Maps 15/526; Kish, G. "The cosmographic heart: Cordiform maps of the 16th century," Imago Mundi, vol. 19, p. 13-21
Geographic Area:
World
Normalized date:
1566
Creator:
Giovanni Paolo Cimerlino
Cosmographia universalis ab Orontio olim descripta
