COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
03361
File Name:
03361-005
Call number:
H528 B729l
Map title:
Islanda
Place of Publication:
Venice
Publisher:
per Nicolo d'Aristotile, detto Zoppino
Publication date:
M.D.XXVIII
Map size height:
30 cm.
Map size width:
40 cm.
Item description:
Woodcut map, leaf I recto
Geographical description:
Map of an island called "Islanda," or present-day Iceland.
Source author:
Bordon, Benedetto, 1450-1530
Source title:
Libro di Benedetto Bordone nel qual si ragiona de tutte l'isole del mondo con li lor nomi antichi & moderni, historie, fauole, & modi del loro uiuere, & in qual parte del mare stanno, & in qual parallelo & clima giacciono. Con il breve di Papa Leone
Source place:
Impresse in Vinegia: per Nicolo d'Aristotile, detto Zoppino, nel mese di giugno, del M.D.XXVIII.
Cartobibliographic notes:
Place of publication and printer's name from colophon.
Geographic Area:
Europe
Historical notes:
Sonetti's book of islands was the first to describe islands, but his islands were all maps of islands in the Greek archipelago. Bordone's book expanded the subject matter by attempting to chart the islands of the entire world.
Normalized date:
1528
LC bibliographic number:
b22200137
Islanda
