COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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MUST~2~2
Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
3687800354088H
identifier
3687800354088H
Barcode
false
Title:
[Southeast China, Japan, East Indies (northern part)]
title
[Southeast China, Japan, East Indies (northern part)]
Title
false
Other Title:
Mapa Mumdo
other_title
Mapa Mumdo
Other Title
false
Other Title:
Mapa Mvmdo
other_title
Mapa Mvmdo
Other Title
false
Contributor:
Dourado, Fernão Vaz, 1520-1580, cartographer
contributor
Dourado, Fernão Vaz, 1520-1580, cartographer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Huth, Henry, 1815–1878, former owner
contributor
Huth, Henry, 1815–1878, former owner
Contributor
false
Category:
Sea Charts
category
Sea Charts
Category
false
Type:
Manuscripts
type
Manuscripts
Type
false
Language:
Portuguese
language
Portuguese
Language
false
Language:
Latin
language
Latin
Language
false
Create Year:
[1570]
date
[1570]
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG 2000, 7072 × 5776, 41.4MB
format
JPEG 2000, 7072 × 5776, 41.4MB
Format
false
Page No.:
12
description
12
Page No.
false
Scale:
Scale not given.
scale
Scale not given.
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
32 x 42 cm, on sheet 38 x 52 cm
obj_height_cm
32 x 42 cm, on sheet 38 x 52 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
Fernão Vaz Dourado has always been considered a great cartographer and has been called by some authors the most famous and remarkable 16th century Portuguese cartographer. His works will always be outstanding for the artistic beauty of its illumination. The Atlas in which this map is inserted was probably made in 1570 in Goa where the cartographer lived until 1571. It is from a series of other several similar Atlases, being the earliest one from 1568. This Atlas is not signed or dated but had a frontispiece that disappeared and it is not known what was written in it. According to H. Huth the manuscript came from the Library of the Archbishop of Toledo but A. Cortesão clarifies the Atlas was in the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid until 1866 but disappeared after being taken to the Paris Exhibition in 1867. In 1874 was sold by Quaritch -a London antiquary bookseller- to the English collector Henry Huth. This map includes a key early depiction of Japan as well as the first mention of Macao on a map. On the west side of Pearl River are marked 'Camtäo' and 'Camäo' which refers to Guangzhou and Jiangmen respectively.
note
Fernão Vaz Dourado has always been considered a great cartographer and has been called by some authors the most famous and remarkable 16th century Portuguese cartographer. His works will always be outstanding for the artistic beauty of its illumination. The Atlas in which this map is inserted was probably made in 1570 in Goa where the cartographer lived until 1571. It is from a series of other several similar Atlases, being the earliest one from 1568. This Atlas is not signed or dated but had a frontispiece that disappeared and it is not known what was written in it. According to H. Huth the manuscript came from the Library of the Archbishop of Toledo but A. Cortesão clarifies the Atlas was in the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid until 1866 but disappeared after being taken to the Paris Exhibition in 1867. In 1874 was sold by Quaritch -a London antiquary bookseller- to the English collector Henry Huth. This map includes a key early depiction of Japan as well as the first mention of Macao on a map. On the west side of Pearl River are marked 'Camtäo' and 'Camäo' which refers to Guangzhou and Jiangmen respectively.
Note
false
Note:
The original is a manuscript Portolan Atlas of 40 fl. on parchment, 27 x 41 cm. Bifolia attached sequentially with stubs, each map has wide borders decorated with floral designs and legends. On the front pastedown has the ex libris of Henry Huth, a former owner of the manuscript. Bound, ca. 1680, in French brown morocco, gilt spine with lettering MAPA MVMDO [sic]. This map is f. 12.
note
The original is a manuscript Portolan Atlas of 40 fl. on parchment, 27 x 41 cm. Bifolia attached sequentially with stubs, each map has wide borders decorated with floral designs and legends. On the front pastedown has the ex libris of Henry Huth, a former owner of the manuscript. Bound, ca. 1680, in French brown morocco, gilt spine with lettering MAPA MVMDO [sic]. This map is f. 12.
Note
false
Note:
Title from the provenance library.
note
Title from the provenance library.
Note
false
Note:
The map has two coats of arms with stylizations of Arabic nations; and six banners, three of Portugal, two of Arabic nations and one of the Order of Christ. There is a one full, 1/2 and a 5/8, 32-point compass roses in black, blue, red, green and gold; two of them with a fleur-de-lis indicating north. As for the rhumb lines, the principal winds are in black, the half-winds in green and the quarter-winds in red.
note
The map has two coats of arms with stylizations of Arabic nations; and six banners, three of Portugal, two of Arabic nations and one of the Order of Christ. There is a one full, 1/2 and a 5/8, 32-point compass roses in black, blue, red, green and gold; two of them with a fleur-de-lis indicating north. As for the rhumb lines, the principal winds are in black, the half-winds in green and the quarter-winds in red.
Note
false
Note:
Scale line in ornamented cartouche.
note
Scale line in ornamented cartouche.
Note
false
Note:
Latitude line at the right side in gold and blue interchangeably. Line of Tropic of Cancer in red.
note
Latitude line at the right side in gold and blue interchangeably. Line of Tropic of Cancer in red.
Note
false
Note:
Area names in square capitals with toponyms in black and red ink in minuscule script. Land masses outlined in green with small islands painted gold, red and blue.
note
Area names in square capitals with toponyms in black and red ink in minuscule script. Land masses outlined in green with small islands painted gold, red and blue.
Note
false
Note:
Flowery bordure with butterflies, snails and birds.
note
Flowery bordure with butterflies, snails and birds.
Note
false
Note:
Macao in East Indies maps.
note
Macao in East Indies maps.
Note
false
Note:
In Latin and Portuguese.
note
In Latin and Portuguese.
Note
false
Reference:
Cortesão, A. Portugalliae Monumenta Cartographica, vol. 3, p. 3-8, 13-16
reference
Cortesão, A. Portugalliae Monumenta Cartographica, vol. 3, p. 3-8, 13-16
Reference
false
Reference:
Cortesão, A. Cartografia e cartógrafos portugueses dos séculos XV e XVI, vol. 2, p. 59-64
reference
Cortesão, A. Cartografia e cartógrafos portugueses dos séculos XV e XVI, vol. 2, p. 59-64
Reference
false
Reference:
Guide to medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the Huntington Library, vol. 1, p. 99-100
reference
Guide to medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the Huntington Library, vol. 1, p. 99-100
Reference
false
Reference:
Ricci, S. de Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, p. 43-44
reference
Ricci, S. de Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, p. 43-44
Reference
false
Reference:
Wagner, H.R. The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800, vol. 1, p. 62; vol. 2, p. 284
reference
Wagner, H.R. The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800, vol. 1, p. 62; vol. 2, p. 284
Reference
false
Reference:
Wagner, H.R. The Portolan Atlases of American Interest in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, in Essays offered to Herbert Putnam, p. 498-509
reference
Wagner, H.R. The Portolan Atlases of American Interest in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, in Essays offered to Herbert Putnam, p. 498-509
Reference
false
Reference:
Canada. Public Archives. Sixteenth-Century Maps Relating to Canada: a check-list and bibliography, p. 151
reference
Canada. Public Archives. Sixteenth-Century Maps Relating to Canada: a check-list and bibliography, p. 151
Reference
false
Subject:
Atlas
subject
Atlas
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
East Indies
geographic_area
East Indies
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
China
geographic_area
China
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Korea
geographic_area
Korea
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Japan
geographic_area
Japan
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
India
geographic_area
India
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Ceylon
geographic_area
Ceylon
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Malaysia
geographic_area
Malaysia
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Thailand
geographic_area
Thailand
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Cambodia
geographic_area
Cambodia
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Vietnam
geographic_area
Vietnam
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Paracel Islands
geographic_area
Paracel Islands
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Philippines
geographic_area
Philippines
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Borneo
geographic_area
Borneo
Geographic Area
false
Relation Note:
[f. 12]
relation
[f. 12]
Relation Note
false
Pub Title:
[Portolan atlas], [Goa], 1570.
pub_title
[Portolan atlas], [Goa], 1570.
Pub Title
false
Pub Author:
Dourado, Fernão Vaz, 1520-1580
pub_author
Dourado, Fernão Vaz, 1520-1580
Pub Author
false
Pub Year:
1570
pub_year
1570
Pub Year
false
Pub location:
[Goa]
pub_location
[Goa]
Pub location
false
Provenance:
Huntington Library Collection
source
Huntington Library Collection
Provenance
false
Provenance:
source
https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862015
Provenance
false
Provenance Call No.:
mssHM 41
original_call_no
mssHM 41
Provenance Call No.
false
MUST holding:
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https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/171sgkf/alma991002923848405076
MUST holding
false