COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
32349
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32349
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Record number:
32349-1
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32349-1
Record number
false
JCB call number:
J550 M948c / 1-SIZE
jcb_call_no
J550 M948c / 1-SIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersis spectibus Occidentales & Indianas uocant.
image_title
Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersis spectibus Occidentales & Indianas uocant.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Basel]
place_image_published
[Basel]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Heinrich Petri]
image_publisher
[Heinrich Petri]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1550]
image_date
[1550]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; following pt. "Novvs orbis"
image_function
plate; following pt. "Novvs orbis"
Image function
false
Technique:
woodcut
technique
woodcut
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
25.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
25.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
32.2 cm [both pages]
image_dimensions_width
32.2 cm [both pages]
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
30.1 cm.
page_dimensions_height
30.1 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
38 cm. [both pages]
page_dimensions_width
38 cm. [both pages]
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
Latin
languages
Latin
Languages
false
Description:
Map of North and South America. Decorative elements include ship and pyre with human leg and head (scene of cannibalism). The Portuguese flag is shown over the South Atlantic and the Spanish flag is shown on Spanish possessions in the Caribbean. Also shows the erroneous Verrazano Sea. The Yucatan is shown as an island and the lake Tenochtitlan is built on empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Japan is shown just off of the coast of Mexico.
description
Map of North and South America. Decorative elements include ship and pyre with human leg and head (scene of cannibalism). The Portuguese flag is shown over the South Atlantic and the Spanish flag is shown on Spanish possessions in the Caribbean. Also shows the erroneous Verrazano Sea. The Yucatan is shown as an island and the lake Tenochtitlan is built on empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Japan is shown just off of the coast of Mexico.
Description
false
Source creator:
Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
source_creator
Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Cosmographia. Latin] Cosmographiae uniuersalis lib. VI. in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur ...
source_title
[Cosmographia. Latin] Cosmographiae uniuersalis lib. VI. in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Basileæ [Basel]
source_place_of_publication
Basileæ [Basel]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
apud Henrichum Petri
source_publisher
apud Henrichum Petri
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M.D.L. [1550]
source_date
M.D.L. [1550]
Source date
false
notes:
One of the first maps to show America, the inclusion of this map in Münster's very popular Cosmographia cemented the usage of the word to describe the two continents. This map perpetrates the error initiated by Giovanni Verrazano who mistook Pamlico and Albemarle Sound for the Pacific Ocean. Münster's Cosmography was one of the most influential geographical works of the sixteenth century and was published and revised in a number of editions over a half century.
notes
One of the first maps to show America, the inclusion of this map in Münster's very popular Cosmographia cemented the usage of the word to describe the two continents. This map perpetrates the error initiated by Giovanni Verrazano who mistook Pamlico and Albemarle Sound for the Pacific Ocean. Münster's Cosmography was one of the most influential geographical works of the sixteenth century and was published and revised in a number of editions over a half century.
notes
false
Time Period:
1492-1600
time_period
1492-1600
Time Period
false
References:
Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 12
references_
Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 12
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1958.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1958.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Arctic
geographic_areas
Arctic
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Brazil
geographic_areas
Brazil
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Guianas
geographic_areas
Guianas
geographic area
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
geographic area:
Spanish America
geographic_areas
Spanish America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Western Hemisphere--Maps
subject_heads
Western Hemisphere--Maps
Subject headings
false