COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
08109
accession_number
08109
Accession Number
false
File Name:
08109-1
file_name
08109-1
File Name
false
Call number:
Z D848 1646 / 2-SIZE
call_number
Z D848 1646 / 2-SIZE
Call number
false
Map title:
[Carta particolare della costa di Guiana]
map_title
[Carta particolare della costa di Guiana]
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[Florence]
place_of_publication
[Florence]
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
[Giuseppe Cocchini]
publisher
[Giuseppe Cocchini]
Publisher
false
Publication date:
[1661]
publication_date
[1661]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
45.9 cm.
map_size_height
45.9 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
71.7 cm.
map_size_width
71.7 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
engraved map; vol. 2, [pt 32, leaf 13]
item_description
engraved map; vol. 2, [pt 32, leaf 13]
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Chart of the mouth of the Orinoco River. Cartographic elements include soundings, location of rivers and delta islands, lines of latitude and longitude, and compass rose. Decorative elements include sea monsters or fish, ships, and boats. Decorative cartouche includes armadillo, native American family with baskets, bow, and arrows. The native Americans are described as being Ewiapanomi.
geographical_description
Chart of the mouth of the Orinoco River. Cartographic elements include soundings, location of rivers and delta islands, lines of latitude and longitude, and compass rose. Decorative elements include sea monsters or fish, ships, and boats. Decorative cartouche includes armadillo, native American family with baskets, bow, and arrows. The native Americans are described as being Ewiapanomi.
Geographical description
false
Source author:
Dudley, Sir Robert, 1574-1649
source_author
Dudley, Sir Robert, 1574-1649
Source author
false
Source title:
Dell'arcano del mare [vol. 2]
source_title
Dell'arcano del mare [vol. 2]
Source title
false
Source place:
In Firenze : Nella stamperia di Francesco Onofri, 1646
source_place
In Firenze : Nella stamperia di Francesco Onofri, 1646
Source place
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
Dudley's sea atlas was the first sea atlas to cover the entire world, to be based on Mercator's projection, and to be made by an Englishman, albeit one working in Italy.The engraver wrote in the introduction to this work that the engraving of the volumes took twelve years and used five thousand pounds of copper.Sir Walter Raleigh wrote in 1596 of the "Ewaipanoma," in the Guianas, a headless tribe who have their faces on their chest. Image title taken from Table of Contents.
cartobibliographic_notes
Dudley's sea atlas was the first sea atlas to cover the entire world, to be based on Mercator's projection, and to be made by an Englishman, albeit one working in Italy.The engraver wrote in the introduction to this work that the engraving of the volumes took twelve years and used five thousand pounds of copper.Sir Walter Raleigh wrote in 1596 of the "Ewaipanoma," in the Guianas, a headless tribe who have their faces on their chest. Image title taken from Table of Contents.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Location: vol. 2, [pt 32, leaf 13]; Phillips, P.L. Atlases, 4557, 3428
references
Location: vol. 2, [pt 32, leaf 13]; Phillips, P.L. Atlases, 4557, 3428
References
false
Geographic Area:
South America
geographic_area
South America
Geographic Area
false
Normalized date:
1661
normalized_date
1661
Normalized date
false
Creator:
Antonio Francesco Lucini
creator
Antonio Francesco Lucini
Creator
false