COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
31963
accession_number
31963
Accession Number
false
File Name:
31963
file_name
31963
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet A562 / 2
call_number
Cabinet A562 / 2
Call number
false
Map title:
Totivs Orbis Descriptio.
map_title
Totivs Orbis Descriptio.
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[Venice]
place_of_publication
[Venice]
Place of Publication
false
Publication date:
[between 1562 and 1570]
publication_date
[between 1562 and 1570]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
49 cm.
map_size_height
49 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
78 cm.
map_size_width
78 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
engraving
item_description
engraving
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of the world. Includes the Strait of Anian and an unknown western sea above it. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, location of rivers and settlements, and some topographical details. Decorative elements include four vignettes of cities at corners, Venice at the top left and an American settlement [?] at bottom left, ships, and sea monsters.
geographical_description
Map of the world. Includes the Strait of Anian and an unknown western sea above it. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, location of rivers and settlements, and some topographical details. Decorative elements include four vignettes of cities at corners, Venice at the top left and an American settlement [?] at bottom left, ships, and sea monsters.
Geographical description
false
References:
Beans, G.H. Some sixteenth century watermarks, no. 30; John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1957, p. 30-31; Tooley, R.V. "Maps in Italian atlases," Imago Mundi III: 22
references
Beans, G.H. Some sixteenth century watermarks, no. 30; John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1957, p. 30-31; Tooley, R.V. "Maps in Italian atlases," Imago Mundi III: 22
References
false
Geographic Area:
World
geographic_area
World
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
George Beans suggested upon the basis of watermarks that this map was published sometime in the period of 1562 to 1570, thus making it an important element in the cartographic history of the Strait of Anian.
historical_notes
George Beans suggested upon the basis of watermarks that this map was published sometime in the period of 1562 to 1570, thus making it an important element in the cartographic history of the Strait of Anian.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1562
normalized_date
1562
Normalized date
false