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MapTypus orbis descriptione Ptolemaei. Relief shown pictorially. Woodcut that appears in edition of Ptolemy's Geographia published in 1541. Includes illustrations of winds. LC copy stamped on in lower left corner: 0 674. Mounted on cloth and laminated. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 47 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Trechsel, Gaspard - Fries, Lorenz - Ptolemy
- Date: 1541-01-01
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MapNautical Atlas of Battista Agnese. Battista Agnese (1514-64) was a masterful geographer and mapmaker. Born in Genoa, he worked in Venice from 1536 to 1564 and became one of the most important figures in Renaissance cartography. Researchers differ on the total number of manuscript atlases created by Agnese; he produced at least 39 portolan, or maritime, atlases, ten of them signed and dated. All are distinguished by their neat...
- Contributor: Agnese, Battista
- Date: 1541-01-01
- Resource: - 23 pages
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MapA New, More True and Complete Description of the Whole World, First Published by Alonzo de Santa Cruz, Principal Cosmographer to Emperor Charles V, 1542.
Nova verior et integra totivs orbis descriptio nvne primvm in lvcem edita per Alfonsvm de sancta crvz Cæsaris Charoli V archicosmographvm, MDXLII Alonzo de Santa Cruz (1505--67) was a well-known Spanish cartographer. As cosmographer at the Casa de contratación, the business enterprise in Seville that had a monopoly on the trade with the New World, he was responsible for the Padrón Real, a map documenting the newly discovered countries across the Atlantic. This world map, published by Alonzo de Santa Cruz in 1542, bears the title...- Contributor: Santa Cruz, Alonso De
- Date: 1542-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Map[Portolan atlas of 9 charts and a world map, etc.].
Portolan atlas containing 10 maps Pen-and-ink and watercolor, on vellum. Each double-page illumination is 21 x 29 cm. Compass rose on inside back cover. Dedicated to Hieronymus Ruffault, Abbot of St. Vaast. Title provided by cataloger. "Maps 1, 2, and 10 show America. No. 1 shows the Gulf of California which Ulloa discovered in 1539. On the same map Yucatan is shown as an island, and the east and...- Contributor: Agnese, Battista
- Date: 1544-01-01
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MapAtlas of Battista Agnese.
Atlas de Battista Agnese Battista Agnese (circa 1500--1564) was an Italian cartographer, born in Genoa, who worked in Venice between 1536 and 1564 and became one of the most important figures in Renaissance cartography. He created approximately 100 manuscript atlases, of which more than 70 are extant, either with his signature or attributed to his school. His atlases, which are considered works of art for their high quality...- Contributor: Agnese, Battista
- Date: 1544-01-01
- Resource: - 17 pages
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MapTabula noua totius orbis.
Tabula nova totius orbis Relief shown pictorially. Woodcut that appears in an edition of Ptolemy's Geographia published in 1541. Includes illustrations and notes. LC copy stamped on in lower left corner: 0 676. Manuscript "246" in upper right corner. Indecipherable drawing off the lower west coast of Africa. Manuscript inscriptions and red bordered label with manuscript "40/48" on verso. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 47 Available also...- Contributor: Trechsel, Gaspard - Fries, Lorenz - Ptolemy
- Date: 1541-01-01