Detail View: JCB Map Collection: [Map of the world in hemispheres]
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Accession Number:
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31959
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File Name:
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31959
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Call number:
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Cabinet A554 Tr / OVERSIZE
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Map title:
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[Map of the world in hemispheres]
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Place of Publication:
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Venet [Venice]
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Publisher:
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Michele Tramezzino
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Publication date:
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M.D.LIIII. [1554]
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Map size height:
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75.3 cm.
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Map size width:
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74.2 cm.
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Item description:
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engraving
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Geographical description:
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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.
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Cartobibliographic notes:
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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.
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References:
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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)
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Geographic Area:
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World
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Normalized date:
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1554
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Creator:
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Giulio de' Musi
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