Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersis spectibus Occidentales & Indianas uocant.
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Accession number:
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32349
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Record number:
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32349-1
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JCB call number:
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J550 M948c / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersis spectibus Occidentales & Indianas uocant.
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Place image published:
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[Basel]
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Image publisher:
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[Heinrich Petri]
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Image date:
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[1550]
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Image function:
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plate; following pt. "Novvs orbis"
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Technique:
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woodcut
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Image dimension height:
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25.5 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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32.2 cm [both pages]
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Page dimension height:
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30.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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38 cm. [both pages]
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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Latin
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Description:
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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.
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Source creator:
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Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
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Source Title:
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[Cosmographia. Latin] Cosmographiae uniuersalis lib. VI. in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur ...
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Source place of publication:
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Basileæ [Basel]
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Source publisher:
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apud Henrichum Petri
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Source date:
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M.D.L. [1550]
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notes:
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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.
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Time Period:
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1492-1600
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References:
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Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 12
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1958.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Arctic
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geographic area:
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Brazil
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geographic area:
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Caribbean Islands
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geographic area:
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Guianas
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geographic area:
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North America
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geographic area:
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Spanish America
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Western Hemisphere--Maps
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