COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
31960
accession_number
31960
Accession Number
false
File Name:
31960
file_name
31960
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:
Venice
place_of_publication
Venice
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
Michele Tramezino
publisher
Michele Tramezino
Publisher
false
Publication date:
1554
publication_date
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 a four sheet map pasted into two-sheet hemisphere map which includes Greenland and part of Brazil. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, some topographical details, and location of rivers.
geographical_description
Part of a four sheet map pasted into two-sheet hemisphere map which includes Greenland and part of Brazil. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, some topographical details, and location of rivers.
Geographical description
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
The two hemispheres created by Tramezino 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 Tramezino 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