COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
32642
File Name:
32642-000
Call number:
Cabinet A569 1.1
Map title:
Cosmographia Vniversalis Et Exactissima Ivxta Postremem Neotericorvm Traditionem Io. Francs. Camotius, S.D.P
Place of Publication:
Venice
Publisher:
Ad signum S. Marco
Publication date:
M.D.LXXXI
Map size height:
63 cm.
Map size width:
105 cm.
Item description:
Engraved map
Geographical description:
Map of the world. Includes mythological figures of Neptune, Vulcan, Juno, and Rhea [or Cybele]. Shows the Strait of Anian, as well as a large southern continent.
Cartobibliographic notes:
Revised state of the plate, date and address in imprint altered. Dedication to "Avgvstino Valerio Episcopo Veronesi Amplisso." Engraved in lower ornamental border, "M F 1567."
References:
JCBAR 57:26-30; Imago Mundi III : 17 (Tooley, R.V. "Maps in Italian atlases," no. 21)
Geographic Area:
World
Historical notes:
Illustrates Gastaldi's theory that the Strait of Anian separated North America and Asia
Normalized date:
1569
LC bibliographic number:
b51931059
Creator:
Camocio, Giovanni Francesco, 16th cent
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