Detail View: JCB Map Collection: Novus Orbis
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Accession Number:
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0852
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File Name:
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0852-1
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Call number:
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H587 A587d
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Map title:
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Novus Orbis
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Place of Publication:
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Paris
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Publisher:
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[Guillaume Auvray]
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Publication date:
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1587
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Map size height:
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16.4 cm.
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Map size width:
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20.1 cm.
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Item description:
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fold-out engraved map; preceding p. 1
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Geographical description:
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Map of North and South America with the northwest part of North America blank. Includes part of Africa, Europe, and Pacific islands. New Guinea and Japan are shown partially blank.Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, locations of some rivers and settlements, and some topographical details. Includes a large lake in area described as New Mexico. Also of interest are the island of Saint Brendan and areas claimed by England.
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Source author:
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Anghiera, Pietro Martire d', 1457-1526
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Source title:
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[De orbe novo] De orbe nouo Petri Martyris Anglerii Mediolanensis, Protonotarij, & Caroli quinti Senatoris Decades octo ...
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Source place:
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Parisiis : Apud Guillelmum Auuray, via D. Ioannis Bellouacensis, sub insigni Bellerophontis coronati, M.D.LXXXVII
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Cartobibliographic notes:
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Sometimes known as the Hakluyt Martyr map, this map accompanies Richard Hakluyt's translation of Peter Martyr's eight Decades. The map is significantly different from many maps which came before it. The erroneous bulge of the western coast of South America is gone and the northwestern coast of North America is not as extended as earlier maps hypothesized. The map also lacks the large southern continent often shown on maps of this period. It includes many references to Sir Francis Drake's circumnavigation.This is the first mention of New Mexico on a printed map and the first appearance of an inland lake there. Probably the inclusion of these two features comes from the account published in 1586 of Antonio de Espejo who was sent in 1582 to rescue 3 missing Franciscan friars and describes a large lake found in the area. The identity of the engraver is uncertain, but Burden thinks it may be Leonardo Galter or Gaultier, despite the fact that the initials, "F.G.S." are included in the cartouche at the bottom; he does not believe that they refer to Filips Galle S[cripsit]., the engraver of the miniature Ortelius atlas.
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References:
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Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 63
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Geographic Area:
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Western hemisphere
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Normalized date:
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1587
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