COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
31982
accession_number
31982
Accession Number
false
File Name:
31982-1
file_name
31982-1
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet A556 F1 Map
call_number
Cabinet A556 F1 Map
Call number
false
Map title:
[Map of the world]
map_title
[Map of the world]
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[Venice]
place_of_publication
[Venice]
Place of Publication
false
Publication date:
[1556]
publication_date
[1556]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
46.4 cm.
map_size_height
46.4 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
41.8 cm.
map_size_width
41.8 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
engraving
item_description
engraving
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of the world in two thirty-six gore hemispheres. This image is the left sheet of a two-sheet map and is a north polar projection including North America, Caribbean islands, and northern part of South America. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude and some topographical details. Decorative elements include a medaillon portrait of Claudius Ptolemy.
geographical_description
Map of the world in two thirty-six gore hemispheres. This image is the left sheet of a two-sheet map and is a north polar projection including North America, Caribbean islands, and northern part of South America. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude and some topographical details. Decorative elements include a medaillon portrait of Claudius Ptolemy.
Geographical description
false
References:
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 99, plate 85; Gallo, R. "Antonio Florian," Imago Mundi VI: 35-38; Tooley, R.V. "Maps in Italian atlases," Imago Mundi III: 23
references
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 99, plate 85; Gallo, R. "Antonio Florian," Imago Mundi VI: 35-38; Tooley, R.V. "Maps in Italian atlases," Imago Mundi III: 23
References
false
Geographic Area:
World
geographic_area
World
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
The engraver's initials may be included above the medaillon portrait of Antonio Florian on right sheet of this set, "I.F.C." or Joannes Franciscus Camotius [?]. The map is directly copied from Mercator's double-cordiform map of 1538.
historical_notes
The engraver's initials may be included above the medaillon portrait of Antonio Florian on right sheet of this set, "I.F.C." or Joannes Franciscus Camotius [?]. The map is directly copied from Mercator's double-cordiform map of 1538.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1556
normalized_date
1556
Normalized date
false
Creator:
Antonio Florian
creator
Antonio Florian
Creator
false