COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
3687800354667K
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3687800354667K
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Title:
Universa ac navigabilis totius terrarum orbis descriptio, cum omnibus portubus, ynsulis, fluviis, Promo[n]toriis, stationibus, angulis, ac sinibus, adicta certissima, tum latitudinis, tum longitudinis graduu[m] dimensione, ut nihil reliquum sit, quod ad yustum cosmographiae tractatum spectare videatur
title
Universa ac navigabilis totius terrarum orbis descriptio, cum omnibus portubus, ynsulis, fluviis, Promo[n]toriis, stationibus, angulis, ac sinibus, adicta certissima, tum latitudinis, tum longitudinis graduu[m] dimensione, ut nihil reliquum sit, quod ad yustum cosmographiae tractatum spectare videatur
Title
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Other Title:
[Océan Atlantique Nord]
other_title
[Océan Atlantique Nord]
Other Title
false
Contributor:
Homem, André, fl. 1559-1586, cartographer
contributor
Homem, André, fl. 1559-1586, cartographer
Contributor
false
Category:
Sea Charts
category
Sea Charts
Category
false
Type:
Manuscripts
type
Manuscripts
Type
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Language:
Latin
language
Latin
Language
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Language:
Portuguese
language
Portuguese
Language
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Language:
Spanish
language
Spanish
Language
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Create Year:
1559
date
1559
Create Year
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Format:
JPEG 2000, 9589 × 12000, 3.9MB
format
JPEG 2000, 9589 × 12000, 3.9MB
Format
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Page No.:
3
description
3
Page No.
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Scale:
Scale not given.
scale
Scale not given.
Scale
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
74 x 58 cm, on sheet 81 x 67 cm
obj_height_cm
74 x 58 cm, on sheet 81 x 67 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
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Note:
This is the only known work by Portuguese cartographer André Homem, that certainly was very active during his time. It is most likely that he was nephew and cousin of the famous Lopo Homem and Diogo Homem respectively, but it is not certain. He fled from Portugal certainly before 1559 and lived in Paris working as a cosmographer for King Charles IX of France (1550-1574). Originally the chart was in one piece but later was cut into 10 pieces, however, this planisphere is the largest of all surviving early Portuguese charts. Only when the 10 pieces are together, side by side, it is possible to appreciate the drawing and ornamentation, the perfect arrangement and balance of the whole. This is one of the most remarkable early cartographic works and André Homem one of the greatest early Portuguese cartographers and artists.
note
This is the only known work by Portuguese cartographer André Homem, that certainly was very active during his time. It is most likely that he was nephew and cousin of the famous Lopo Homem and Diogo Homem respectively, but it is not certain. He fled from Portugal certainly before 1559 and lived in Paris working as a cosmographer for King Charles IX of France (1550-1574). Originally the chart was in one piece but later was cut into 10 pieces, however, this planisphere is the largest of all surviving early Portuguese charts. Only when the 10 pieces are together, side by side, it is possible to appreciate the drawing and ornamentation, the perfect arrangement and balance of the whole. This is one of the most remarkable early cartographic works and André Homem one of the greatest early Portuguese cartographers and artists.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a manuscript map in 10 parchment sheets of 76 x 62 cm or smaller, which mounted would be 153 x 298 cm.
note
Original is a manuscript map in 10 parchment sheets of 76 x 62 cm or smaller, which mounted would be 153 x 298 cm.
Note
false
Note:
Title of each sheet from provenance library.
note
Title of each sheet from provenance library.
Note
false
Note:
On the upper part of the chart there are three major crowned coats of arms, the one in the middle is half composed by the coats of arms of Spain and Portugal split by the Tordesillas meridian, which divided the newly-discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire. On each upper corner of the chart there is a Spanish and Portuguese one on their respective assigned parts of the world. On the bottom middle there is a scroll work cartouche with the explanation of the Tordesillas meridian. On each of the four corners of the map there are wheel tables with the sun's declination, giving its position in the 12 signs of the Zodiac for each month. There are thirteen 32-point compass roses on the chart, the three bigger ones with a fleur-de-lis indicating north and the 10 smaller ones with an arrow. All colored red, blue, green and gold with rhumb lines for the principal winds in black, half-winds in green and quarter-winds in red. As for flags there are a total of nine and 14 coats of arms, five of Spain and four of Portugal, one of France, England, Germany, Hungary and Turkey. On sea can be seen 10 vessels and six sea monsters. Some of the place names are given inside banderoles. There is a Calvary in Judea and the Caspian Sea is colored blue.
note
On the upper part of the chart there are three major crowned coats of arms, the one in the middle is half composed by the coats of arms of Spain and Portugal split by the Tordesillas meridian, which divided the newly-discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire. On each upper corner of the chart there is a Spanish and Portuguese one on their respective assigned parts of the world. On the bottom middle there is a scroll work cartouche with the explanation of the Tordesillas meridian. On each of the four corners of the map there are wheel tables with the sun's declination, giving its position in the 12 signs of the Zodiac for each month. There are thirteen 32-point compass roses on the chart, the three bigger ones with a fleur-de-lis indicating north and the 10 smaller ones with an arrow. All colored red, blue, green and gold with rhumb lines for the principal winds in black, half-winds in green and quarter-winds in red. As for flags there are a total of nine and 14 coats of arms, five of Spain and four of Portugal, one of France, England, Germany, Hungary and Turkey. On sea can be seen 10 vessels and six sea monsters. Some of the place names are given inside banderoles. There is a Calvary in Judea and the Caspian Sea is colored blue.
Note
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Note:
Four tables of leagues inside scrollwork cartouches with phytomorphic motifs attached to the sun's declination tables, on the bottom for the top wheels and heading the bottom ones.
note
Four tables of leagues inside scrollwork cartouches with phytomorphic motifs attached to the sun's declination tables, on the bottom for the top wheels and heading the bottom ones.
Note
false
Note:
Relief shown pictorially.
note
Relief shown pictorially.
Note
false
Note:
Landmasses and bigger islands outlined in green with small islands colored green, red and blue.
note
Landmasses and bigger islands outlined in green with small islands colored green, red and blue.
Note
false
Note:
The Equator, the Tordesillas meridian, the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn and the Arctic and Antarctic Circles in gold.
note
The Equator, the Tordesillas meridian, the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn and the Arctic and Antarctic Circles in gold.
Note
false
Note:
Latitude line in the Atlantic Ocean, unconnected at the Equator, in red, blue, green and gold interchangeably.
note
Latitude line in the Atlantic Ocean, unconnected at the Equator, in red, blue, green and gold interchangeably.
Note
false
Note:
Places names in black and red.
note
Places names in black and red.
Note
false
Note:
Map mainly in Latin with place names in Portuguese and Spanish.
note
Map mainly in Latin with place names in Portuguese and Spanish.
Note
false
Note:
Map framed in faded red border.
note
Map framed in faded red border.
Note
false
Reference:
Cortesão, A. Portugaliae Monumenta Cartographica, vol. 2, p. 67-71
reference
Cortesão, A. Portugaliae Monumenta Cartographica, vol. 2, p. 67-71
Reference
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Reference:
Foncin, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques sur vélin conservées au Département des cartes et plans, 39
reference
Foncin, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques sur vélin conservées au Département des cartes et plans, 39
Reference
false
Reference:
Pflederer, R. Census of Portolan Charts & Atlases: as reported and listed by the noted scholars of the genre in their works ranging from 1897 to 2008, p. 52
reference
Pflederer, R. Census of Portolan Charts & Atlases: as reported and listed by the noted scholars of the genre in their works ranging from 1897 to 2008, p. 52
Reference
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Subject:
Nautical Charts
subject
Nautical Charts
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
Atlantic Ocean
geographic_area
Atlantic Ocean
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Labrador
geographic_area
Labrador
Geographic Area
false
Provenance:
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
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Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Provenance
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Provenance:
source
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40699532j
Provenance
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Provenance Call No.:
GE CC-2719 (RES)
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GE CC-2719 (RES)
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MUST holding:
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