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Film, Video Legends on Martin Waldseemüller's Carta Marina of 1516

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Title

  • Legends on Martin Waldseemüller's Carta Marina of 1516

Summary

  • Martin Waldseemüller's Carta marina of 1516 has always remained in the shadow of his 1507 map--less famous and less studied. In fact the Carta marina is in several ways more interesting than the 1507 map: it is the result of Waldseemüller's radical re-evaluation of what a world map should be. Waldseemüller essentially started from scratch in creating the Carta marina, rejecting the Ptolemaic model and other sources he had used in creating the 1507 map, and adding more descriptive text and a rich program of illustration. In this talk Van Duzer examines the differences between the two maps and discuss the new sources that Waldseemüller used, placing particular emphasis on his iconographical sources.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2012-03-15.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Science, Technology
  • -  Maps

Notes

  • -  Classification: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation.
  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Chet Van Duzer.
  • -  Recorded on 2012-03-15.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688827

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Legends on Martin Waldseemüller's Carta Marina of. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-15, 2012. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688827/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2012) Legends on Martin Waldseemüller's Carta Marina of. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-15. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688827/.

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Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Legends on Martin Waldseemüller's Carta Marina of. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-15, 2012. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688827/>.