COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
C-6212
accession_number
C-6212
Accession Number
false
File Name:
C-6212
file_name
C-6212
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet A568 Rest795 / 2 OVERSIZE
call_number
Cabinet A568 Rest795 / 2 OVERSIZE
Call number
false
Map title:
[A complete and perfect map describing the whole world (translated from the Turkish)]
map_title
[A complete and perfect map describing the whole world (translated from the Turkish)]
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[Venice]
place_of_publication
[Venice]
Place of Publication
false
Publication date:
[1568]
publication_date
[1568]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
110.3 cm.
map_size_height
110.3 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
107.3 cm.
map_size_width
107.3 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
woodcut
item_description
woodcut
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map (heart-shaped or cordiform) of the world including the coasts of North and South America. Cartographic elements include degrees of latitude and longitude and some topographical details. Includes two celestial spheres and an armillary sphere.
geographical_description
Map (heart-shaped or cordiform) of the world including the coasts of North and South America. Cartographic elements include degrees of latitude and longitude and some topographical details. Includes two celestial spheres and an armillary sphere.
Geographical description
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
Derived from Oronce Finé's cordiform world map of 1534 with more place names and an updated coastline for the Americas, this map was reputedly drawn with extensive commentary by Hadji Admad (or Hajji Ahmed), a Tunisian slave. One of the Arabic notations gives the supposed date of creation as 1559 (or 967 A.H.). Six woodblocks of the map were made, but the government seized the blocks and suppressed the project for political, as well as religious, reasons. The latest research on the map done by Benjamin Arbel suggests that this map was prepared by Giacomo Gastaldi in 1553 by order of the Venetian authorities, that the name Hajji Ahmed was a pseudonym used to promote the map in the Ottoman provinces, and that MarcAntonio Giustinian later obtained the plates from Gastaldi and was granted a privilege to print them in 1568.In 1795, Christoforo Antonio Loredan, superintendent of the criminal archives of the Venetian Council of Ten, found the blocks which had been stored and forgotten and had the state printer make an impression. Twenty-four impression were made from the blocks (only eleven are known to have survived). The blocks themselves are still in the library of San Marco in Venice, but have been split for many years and no more impressions may be made from them.
cartobibliographic_notes
Derived from Oronce Finé's cordiform world map of 1534 with more place names and an updated coastline for the Americas, this map was reputedly drawn with extensive commentary by Hadji Admad (or Hajji Ahmed), a Tunisian slave. One of the Arabic notations gives the supposed date of creation as 1559 (or 967 A.H.). Six woodblocks of the map were made, but the government seized the blocks and suppressed the project for political, as well as religious, reasons. The latest research on the map done by Benjamin Arbel suggests that this map was prepared by Giacomo Gastaldi in 1553 by order of the Venetian authorities, that the name Hajji Ahmed was a pseudonym used to promote the map in the Ottoman provinces, and that MarcAntonio Giustinian later obtained the plates from Gastaldi and was granted a privilege to print them in 1568.In 1795, Christoforo Antonio Loredan, superintendent of the criminal archives of the Venetian Council of Ten, found the blocks which had been stored and forgotten and had the state printer make an impression. Twenty-four impression were made from the blocks (only eleven are known to have survived). The blocks themselves are still in the library of San Marco in Venice, but have been split for many years and no more impressions may be made from them.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 103, plate 89; Arbel, B. "Maps of the World for Ottoman Princes?" Imago Mundi 54, p. 19-29; John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1965, p. 26-27; Menage, V.L. "Map of Hajji Ahmed," Bulletin of the school of Oriental and African Studies, 1958
references
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 103, plate 89; Arbel, B. "Maps of the World for Ottoman Princes?" Imago Mundi 54, p. 19-29; John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1965, p. 26-27; Menage, V.L. "Map of Hajji Ahmed," Bulletin of the school of Oriental and African Studies, 1958
References
false
Geographic Area:
World
geographic_area
World
Geographic Area
false
Normalized date:
1568
normalized_date
1568
Normalized date
false
Creator:
Hajji Ahmed
creator
Hajji Ahmed
Creator
false