Detail View: JCB Map Collection: [World map]
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Accession Number:
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2111
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File Name:
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2111
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Call number:
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Cabinet A560 / 1
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Map title:
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[World map]
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Place of Publication:
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Romae [Rome]
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Publication date:
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[ca. 1560]
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Map size height:
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32.3 cm.
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Map size width:
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50.7 cm.
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Item description:
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engraving
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Geographical description:
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Map of the world in double-cordiform polar projection.
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Cartobibliographic notes:
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This map was based on the 1538 Orbis imago by Gerhard Mercator, which followed Oronce Finé's heart-shaped world view, but presented America as two distinct continents.
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References:
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Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 91, plate 79; Tooley, R.V. "Maps in Italian atlases," Imago Mundi III:1
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Geographic Area:
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World
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Normalized date:
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1560
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Creator:
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Antonio Salamanca
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