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Old Maps Collection

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Old Maps Collection

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Barcode:

3687800354239F

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3687800354239F

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Title:

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Other Title:

Carta del 1554, comprende anco America

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Carta del 1554, comprende anco America

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Contributor:

Homem, Lopo, fl. 1517-1565, cartographer

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Homem, Lopo, fl. 1517-1565, cartographer

Contributor

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Category:

World Map

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Type:

Manuscripts

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Manuscripts

Type

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Language:

Portuguese

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Portuguese

Language

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Language:

Latin

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Latin

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Create Year:

1554

date

1554

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Scale:

Scale not given.

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Scale not given.

Scale

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Physical Map Dimension (cm):

49 x 78 cm, on sheet 55 x 85 cm

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49 x 78 cm, on sheet 55 x 85 cm

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Note:

This is the second largest early Portuguese chart extant and the largest in one single piece. It seems to have been created for Cosino I (1519-1574) of the Florence Medicis. The work by Lopo Homem influenced a lot of cartographers including the Homem family especially his son Diogo Homem. This chart represents the coastal limits of the known world in the mid-16th century and it is the first map to show Argentina, designated as 'Terra Argentea'. Both North and South America are not fully drawn yet. As most of Homem's map a lot of focus is given to coastal place names with few or none nomenclature on land.

note

This is the second largest early Portuguese chart extant and the largest in one single piece. It seems to have been created for Cosino I (1519-1574) of the Florence Medicis. The work by Lopo Homem influenced a lot of cartographers including the Homem family especially his son Diogo Homem. This chart represents the coastal limits of the known world in the mid-16th century and it is the first map to show Argentina, designated as 'Terra Argentea'. Both North and South America are not fully drawn yet. As most of Homem's map a lot of focus is given to coastal place names with few or none nomenclature on land.

Note

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Note:

Original is a manuscript map in 8 parchment sheets of 60 x 77 cm or smaller, mounted 143 x 224 cm. On the back it has the note "Carta del 1554, comprende anco America".

note

Original is a manuscript map in 8 parchment sheets of 60 x 77 cm or smaller, mounted 143 x 224 cm. On the back it has the note "Carta del 1554, comprende anco America".

Note

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Note:

There are eight coat of arms on the map, five of them being Portuguese and there is one in each continent with the exception of Europe. It can also be seen a lot of Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish banderoles scattered throughout the map. The Amazon River is represented as a serpent, as it was Homem's trademark and in Africa it can be seen the 'Mons Lunae' or Mountains of the Moon, a mythical mountain range at the source of the Nile River. There are 10 compass roses on the map, all 32-point. Nine have an arrow indicating north and the bigger one has a fleur de lis, they are colored red, blue, green and yellow. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are black, for the half winds green and the quarter winds red.

note

There are eight coat of arms on the map, five of them being Portuguese and there is one in each continent with the exception of Europe. It can also be seen a lot of Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish banderoles scattered throughout the map. The Amazon River is represented as a serpent, as it was Homem's trademark and in Africa it can be seen the 'Mons Lunae' or Mountains of the Moon, a mythical mountain range at the source of the Nile River. There are 10 compass roses on the map, all 32-point. Nine have an arrow indicating north and the bigger one has a fleur de lis, they are colored red, blue, green and yellow. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are black, for the half winds green and the quarter winds red.

Note

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Note:

Four tables of leagues inside decorative cartouches.

note

Four tables of leagues inside decorative cartouches.

Note

false

Note:

Relief shown pictorially.

note

Relief shown pictorially.

Note

false

Note:

There are two latitude lines. The one north of the Equator is in the Atlantic Sea, and south of the Equator is west to the African coast. Colored red, blue and gold interchangeably.

note

There are two latitude lines. The one north of the Equator is in the Atlantic Sea, and south of the Equator is west to the African coast. Colored red, blue and gold interchangeably.

Note

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Note:

Landmasses outlined in green with bigger islands colored also green. Small islands colored green, red, blue and gold. The Caspian Sea is colored blue.

note

Landmasses outlined in green with bigger islands colored also green. Small islands colored green, red, blue and gold. The Caspian Sea is colored blue.

Note

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Note:

Equator line, the Tordesillas meridian and the Zaragoza meridian colored gold and Tropic and Polar Circles in red.

note

Equator line, the Tordesillas meridian and the Zaragoza meridian colored gold and Tropic and Polar Circles in red.

Note

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Note:

The four borders of the map labelled with North, South, East and West in Latin Septentrio (Septentriones), Meridies, Oriens and Occidens.

note

The four borders of the map labelled with North, South, East and West in Latin Septentrio (Septentriones), Meridies, Oriens and Occidens.

Note

false

Note:

Map framed in yellow and bown.

note

Map framed in yellow and bown.

Note

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Note:

The Equator, Tropics, Polar Circles, Climate zones, Seas and Landmasses in Latin. With legend with the name of the author and place names in Portuguese.

note

The Equator, Tropics, Polar Circles, Climate zones, Seas and Landmasses in Latin. With legend with the name of the author and place names in Portuguese.

Note

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Reference:

Cortesão, A. Portugaliae Monumenta Cartographica, vol. 1, p. 67-68

reference

Cortesão, A. Portugaliae Monumenta Cartographica, vol. 1, p. 67-68

Reference

false

Reference:

Caraci, G. World map by Lopo Homem, 1554, Tabulae Geographicae Vetustiores in Italia Adservatae, vol. 1, p. 1-3

reference

Caraci, G. World map by Lopo Homem, 1554, Tabulae Geographicae Vetustiores in Italia Adservatae, vol. 1, p. 1-3

Reference

false

Reference:

Wieder, F.C. Discovery and Early Cartography [...], The iconography of Manhattan island, vol. 2, p. 22, 39, 134

reference

Wieder, F.C. Discovery and Early Cartography [...], The iconography of Manhattan island, vol. 2, p. 22, 39, 134

Reference

false

Reference:

Abendanon, E.C. Voyages géologiques et géographiques à travers la Célèbes Centrale, vol. 3, p. 1408

reference

Abendanon, E.C. Voyages géologiques et géographiques à travers la Célèbes Centrale, vol. 3, p. 1408

Reference

false

Reference:

Crinò, S. Portolani manoscritti e carte da navigare compilati per la marina medicea

reference

Crinò, S. Portolani manoscritti e carte da navigare compilati per la marina medicea

Reference

false

Subject:

Nautical Chart

subject

Nautical Chart

Subject

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Geographic Area:

World

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World

Geographic Area

false

Provenance:

Museo Galileo

source

Museo Galileo

Provenance

false

Provenance:

https://opac.museog…

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https://opac.museogalileo.it/imss/resource?uri=1004969&v=l&dcnr=0

Provenance

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Provenance Call No.:

SD A 037

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SD A 037

Provenance Call No.

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MUST holding:

https://must.primo.…

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