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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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Accession Number:
08989
File Name:
08989-1
Call number:
FA572 B582b vol. 8 / 2-SIZE
Map title:
[Orbis tabula. Ben. Aria Montano. Auctore.]
Place of Publication:
Antvverpiae [Antwerp]
Publisher:
[Christopher Plantin]
Publication date:
1571
Map size height:
31.4 cm.
Map size width:
52 cm.
Item description:
engraved map; vol. 8, verso of leaf [115]-recto leaf [116]
Geographical description:
Map of world in two hemispheres, showing rivers and mountains. Six winds are personified and named in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. Map is numbered in relation to three legends in three corners of image. Decorative elements include sea monsters and ships.
Source author:
Bible. Polyglot, 1569-1572
Source title:
[Biblia sacra, Hebraice, Chaldaice, Graece & Latine Philippi II... ]
Source place:
Antverpiae : Excudebat Christophorus Plantinus Prototypographus Regius, M.D.LXXII.
Cartobibliographic notes:
Image title taken from title preceding map. This Polyglot Bible with text in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Syriac was prepared under the patronage of Philip II of Spain and published by Plantin Press of Antwerp between 1569 and 1572. The map depicts the populating of the earth, including North and South America, by Noah's descendants whose names are given in Latin and Hebrew. This map shows a land mass in the location of Australia thirty years before the recorded European discovery of Australia. Some scholars believe that the Spanish may have sighted Australia in the 16th century and have cited this map as evidence.Many copies of this rare first edition of this work were apparently lost at sea en route to Spain.
References:
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 125, plate 107
Geographic Area:
World
Normalized date:
1571
Creator:
Benito Aria Montano
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[Orbis tabula. Ben. Aria Montano. Auctore.]

     
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[Orbis tabula. Ben. Aria Montano. Auctore.]