America Sive Novus Orbis Respectv Europaeorum Inferior Globi ...
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A fascinating and scarce map of the western hemisphere with North and South America prominent. The map summarises the best knowledge of the time, mainly derived from Petrus Plancius' world map of the same year. It shows North America with a peninsula California, South America with a rather bulbous Brazil, and the Great Southern Continent extending across the South Pacific from the Straits of Magellan to New Guinea. Virginia and the south east are shown relatively correctly after White and Le Moyne, whereas the coastlines above await improvement. The map was published by Theodore De Bry in "Grand Voyages", an account of Girolamo Benzoni's travels in the New World between 1541 and 1556. This elegant engraving is of particular note for the inclusion of full-length portraits of Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, Ferdinand Magellan and Francisco Pizarro standing tall and proud in each corner of the map, and each gesturing to the tools of their trade including maps and compasses. Further decorative features include ships and a fierce looking whale, while Theodore De Bry's name appears beneath the hemisphere. Usually printed on thin paper, the map has been backed with archival tissue for protection, nevertheless, a good example.
region: Maps of The Americas
place and date of publication:
Frankfurt 1596 -
medium and colour:
copperplate, Uncoloured
ref:
31815
size in cms: 39 x 32.5 Price: £ 8500 |
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