Detail View: JCB Map Collection: Totivs Orbis Descriptio.
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Accession Number:
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31963
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File Name:
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31963
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Call number:
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Cabinet A562 / 2
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Map title:
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Totivs Orbis Descriptio.
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Place of Publication:
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[Venice]
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Publication date:
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[between 1562 and 1570]
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Map size height:
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49 cm.
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Map size width:
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78 cm.
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Item description:
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engraving
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Geographical description:
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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.
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References:
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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
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Geographic Area:
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World
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Historical notes:
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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.
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Normalized date:
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1562
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