Detail View: JCB Map Collection: [Map of the Canary Islands]
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Accession Number:
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03361
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File Name:
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03361-023
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Call number:
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H528 B729l
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Map title:
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[Map of the Canary Islands]
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Place of Publication:
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Venice
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Publisher:
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per Nicolo d'Aristotile, detto Zoppino
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Publication date:
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M.D.XXVIII
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Map size height:
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30 cm.
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Map size width:
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40 cm.
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Item description:
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Woodcut map, leaf XVII verso
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Geographical description:
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Map of the Canary Islands, including Palma [La Palma], Agore [Alegranza], Tinerif [Tenerife], Canaria [Gran Canaria], Forte Ventura [Fuerteventura], Lazazoto [Lazarote], S. Vincenzio S. Jacopo, S. Nicolo, and S. Antonio. Also includes the coast of Africa.
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Source author:
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Bordon, Benedetto, 1450-1530
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Source title:
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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
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Source place:
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Impresse in Vinegia: per Nicolo d'Aristotile, detto Zoppino, nel mese di giugno, del M.D.XXVIII.
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Cartobibliographic notes:
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Place of publication and printer's name from colophon.
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Geographic Area:
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Europe
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Historical notes:
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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.
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Normalized date:
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1528
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LC bibliographic number:
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b22200137
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