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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
3687800354467I
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3687800354467I
Barcode
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Title:
Asia carta di ciasete piu moderna
title
Asia carta di ciasete piu moderna
Title
false
Contributor:
Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649, cartographer
contributor
Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649, cartographer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Lucini, Antonio Francesco, 1605-1640, engraver
contributor
Lucini, Antonio Francesco, 1605-1640, engraver
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Onofri, Francesco, fl. 1631-1679, printer
contributor
Onofri, Francesco, fl. 1631-1679, printer
Contributor
false
Category:
Atlas
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Atlas
Category
false
Type:
Printed
type
Printed
Type
false
Language:
Italian
language
Italian
Language
false
Language:
Portuguese
language
Portuguese
Language
false
Language:
Spanish
language
Spanish
Language
false
Create Year:
[1646]
date
[1646]
Create Year
false
Page No.:
52
description
52
Page No.
false
Scale:
Scale indeterminable ; Mercator proj.
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Scale indeterminable ; Mercator proj.
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
48 x 75 cm, on sheet 55 x 79 cm
obj_height_cm
48 x 75 cm, on sheet 55 x 79 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
Robert Dudley was the illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. In 1594, Dudley led an expedition to the West Indies, of which he wrote an account. After unsuccessfully trying to establish his legitimacy in court, he left England and converted to Catholicism, taking up residence in Florence where he served the Grand Dukes of Tuscany in their efforts to rid the Mediterranean of Piracy. There he worked as a noted shipbuilder and designed and published the work 'Dell'Arcano del Mare', the first maritime atlas to cover the whole world, the first Sea Atlas published by and Englishman and the first atlas to utilize the Mercator Projection on a uniform basis. Its inclusion of winds and currents was also a monumental first. This is the larger of two maps of Japan created by Dudley for his 'Dell' Arcano del Mare', loosely based on the Ortelius map of 1595, but with important changes and additions from the files of the Dutch East India Company. The map includes Japan and a portion of the Korean coast. Japan is depicted in the Teixeira-type but already depicts the island of Yezo (Hokkaido) even though very enlarged. Despite its more accurate mapping, Dudley's improvements went largely unnoticed except for a few changes included by Jansson some years later. For the improvements the Dudley relied mostly on the numerous published accounts of Missionaries but also unpublished Dutch charts.
note
Robert Dudley was the illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. In 1594, Dudley led an expedition to the West Indies, of which he wrote an account. After unsuccessfully trying to establish his legitimacy in court, he left England and converted to Catholicism, taking up residence in Florence where he served the Grand Dukes of Tuscany in their efforts to rid the Mediterranean of Piracy. There he worked as a noted shipbuilder and designed and published the work 'Dell'Arcano del Mare', the first maritime atlas to cover the whole world, the first Sea Atlas published by and Englishman and the first atlas to utilize the Mercator Projection on a uniform basis. Its inclusion of winds and currents was also a monumental first. This is the larger of two maps of Japan created by Dudley for his 'Dell' Arcano del Mare', loosely based on the Ortelius map of 1595, but with important changes and additions from the files of the Dutch East India Company. The map includes Japan and a portion of the Korean coast. Japan is depicted in the Teixeira-type but already depicts the island of Yezo (Hokkaido) even though very enlarged. Despite its more accurate mapping, Dudley's improvements went largely unnoticed except for a few changes included by Jansson some years later. For the improvements the Dudley relied mostly on the numerous published accounts of Missionaries but also unpublished Dutch charts.
Note
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Note:
Original is a copperplate printed map in the second part of the second volume of 'Dell'Arcano del Mare'.
note
Original is a copperplate printed map in the second part of the second volume of 'Dell'Arcano del Mare'.
Note
false
Note:
On the right upper corner of the map: "A.F. Lucini fecit."
note
On the right upper corner of the map: "A.F. Lucini fecit."
Note
false
Note:
There is a 32-point compass rose is on the map with a fleur-de-lis indicating north.
note
There is a 32-point compass rose is on the map with a fleur-de-lis indicating north.
Note
false
Note:
Title inside strapwork cartouche.
note
Title inside strapwork cartouche.
Note
false
Note:
Relief shown pictorially.
note
Relief shown pictorially.
Note
false
Note:
Map with graticule.
note
Map with graticule.
Note
false
Note:
Title and notes in Italian with place names in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
note
Title and notes in Italian with place names in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
Note
false
Reference:
Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers, p. 395
reference
Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers, p. 395
Reference
false
Subject:
Early works to 1800
subject
Early works to 1800
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
Japan
geographic_area
Japan
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Korea
geographic_area
Korea
Geographic Area
false
Relation Note:
Vol. 2, [p. 52]
relation
Vol. 2, [p. 52]
Relation Note
false
Pub Title:
Dell'Arcano del Mare.
pub_title
Dell'Arcano del Mare.
Pub Title
false
Pub Author:
Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649
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Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649
Pub Author
false
Pub Year:
1646
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1646
Pub Year
false
Pub location:
Firenze
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Firenze
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Provenance:
Harvard College Library
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Harvard College Library
Provenance
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Provenance:
source
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990000041370203941/catalog
Provenance
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Provenance Call No.:
000004137
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000004137
Provenance Call No.
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