COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
31959
accession_number
31959
Accession Number
false
File Name:
31959
file_name
31959
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet A554 Tr / OVERSIZE
call_number
Cabinet A554 Tr / OVERSIZE
Call number
false
Map title:
[Map of the world in hemispheres]
map_title
[Map of the world in hemispheres]
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
Venet [Venice]
place_of_publication
Venet [Venice]
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Michele Tramezzino
publisher
Michele Tramezzino
Publisher
false
Publication date:
M.D.LIIII. [1554]
publication_date
M.D.LIIII. [1554]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
75.3 cm.
map_size_height
75.3 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
74.2 cm.
map_size_width
74.2 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
engraving
item_description
engraving
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Part of four sheet map pasted into two-sheet hemisphere map which shows North and South America. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, some topographical details, and location of rivers. Of interest is the clear separation of America from Asia.
geographical_description
Part of four sheet map pasted into two-sheet hemisphere map which shows North and South America. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, some topographical details, and location of rivers. Of interest is the clear separation of America from Asia.
Geographical description
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
The two hemispheres created by Tramezzino used "Bacon's Meridian Projection" to resolve the problem of portraying a sphere on a flat surface. Roger Bacon devised this projection in the thirteenth century, well before the world was commonly known to be spherical. This map stands on its own as a masterpiece of Renaissance cartography without any obvious source or imitators.
cartobibliographic_notes
The two hemispheres created by Tramezzino used "Bacon's Meridian Projection" to resolve the problem of portraying a sphere on a flat surface. Roger Bacon devised this projection in the thirteenth century, well before the world was commonly known to be spherical. This map stands on its own as a masterpiece of Renaissance cartography without any obvious source or imitators.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 97, plate 83; John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1957, p. 22-23; http://www.progonos… (Dec. 2003)
references
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 97, plate 83; John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1957, p. 22-23; http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/ProjPM/projPM.html (Dec. 2003)
References
false
Geographic Area:
World
geographic_area
World
Geographic Area
false
Normalized date:
1554
normalized_date
1554
Normalized date
false
Creator:
Giulio de' Musi
creator
Giulio de' Musi
Creator
false