COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
32507
accession_number
32507
Accession Number
false
File Name:
32507-1
file_name
32507-1
File Name
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Call number:
Z P975 1507 / 2-SIZE (copy 1)
call_number
Z P975 1507 / 2-SIZE (copy 1)
Call number
false
Map title:
Universalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta observationibus
map_title
Universalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta observationibus
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[Rome]
place_of_publication
[Rome]
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
[Bernardinus Venetus de Vitalibus]
publisher
[Bernardinus Venetus de Vitalibus]
Publisher
false
Publication date:
[1508]
publication_date
[1508]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
39.8 cm.
map_size_height
39.8 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
53.7 cm. [both pages]
map_size_width
53.7 cm. [both pages]
Map size width
false
Item description:
woodcut
item_description
woodcut
Item description
false
Geographical description:
World map drawn on a conical projection showing South America as a separate landmass (Brazil, "Terra Sancte Crucis"), Caribbean islands (Spagnola or Hispaniola, Cuba, and others), and Greenland and Newfoundland (Terra Nova) as part of China. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, some topographical details, and location of rivers.
geographical_description
World map drawn on a conical projection showing South America as a separate landmass (Brazil, "Terra Sancte Crucis"), Caribbean islands (Spagnola or Hispaniola, Cuba, and others), and Greenland and Newfoundland (Terra Nova) as part of China. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, some topographical details, and location of rivers.
Geographical description
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Source author:
Ptolemy, fl. 2nd cent.
source_author
Ptolemy, fl. 2nd cent.
Source author
false
Source title:
Geographia
source_title
Geographia
Source title
false
Source place:
Romae : Nouiter impressum per Bernardinu[m] Venetu[m] de Vitalibus, Die VIII. Septe[m]br. M.D.VII
source_place
Romae : Nouiter impressum per Bernardinu[m] Venetu[m] de Vitalibus, Die VIII. Septe[m]br. M.D.VII
Source place
false
References:
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the World, 25; Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America p. xxiii; Swan, B.F. "Ruysch Map of the World," Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 1951; John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1959, p. 33-37
references
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the World, 25; Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America p. xxiii; Swan, B.F. "Ruysch Map of the World," Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 1951; John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1959, p. 33-37
References
false
Geographic Area:
World
geographic_area
World
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
Editors of Ptolemy during the sixteenth century attempted to reconcile his work to the discoveries of lands unknown to the second century geographer. This 1507 edition of Ptolemy produced in Rome includes the engraved map made by Johannes Ruysch. Ruysch is presumed to have himself made a voyage in about 1502 to 1504 to the coast of present-day Labrador and then north along the coast of Greenland, and his depiction of that land may be based on his experience. This map is the first printed map to be made by someone who explored the New World.The depiction of Caribbean islands and Brazil is based on Portuguese explorations.This map is the fifth state of the plate.
historical_notes
Editors of Ptolemy during the sixteenth century attempted to reconcile his work to the discoveries of lands unknown to the second century geographer. This 1507 edition of Ptolemy produced in Rome includes the engraved map made by Johannes Ruysch. Ruysch is presumed to have himself made a voyage in about 1502 to 1504 to the coast of present-day Labrador and then north along the coast of Greenland, and his depiction of that land may be based on his experience. This map is the first printed map to be made by someone who explored the New World.The depiction of Caribbean islands and Brazil is based on Portuguese explorations.This map is the fifth state of the plate.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1508
normalized_date
1508
Normalized date
false
Creator:
Johann Ruysch
creator
Johann Ruysch
Creator
false