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Title

Isola Cvba Nova [cartographic material] /

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Item (linked) part of

America: Western Hemisphere - South [cartographic material] (R11981-4-3-E)

Date(s)

1561]

Place

[In Venetia

Place of creation

Italy

Publisher

s.n.

Extent

1 map : hand col. ; 22.9 x 16.4 cm on sheet 27.7 x 21 .4 cm.

Scope and content

Early map of Cuba which also shows Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and western part of Hispaniola.

Conditions of access

Cartographic material

90: Open
Original can be viewed in the presence o
f an early cartographic archivist.

Item no. (creator)

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadian Collection #141

Cartographic material

90: Open

Item no. assigned by LAC
141

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R11981-81-X-E

Other accession no.

80101/245 CA

Terms of use

Credit Library and Archives Canada. Copyright expired.

Additional name(s)

Cartographer: Ruscelli, Girolamo.

Additional information

Relief shown pictorially.

Map originally attributed to Gastaldi.

Descriptive text on the verso of map: Isola Cvba Trentesimaterza tavola nvova ... page XXXIII

Custodial history

Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Related materials

For other copies of this map see the following atlases: La geografia di Clavido Tolomeo Alessandrino (1561) Amicus no 26306191 - La geografia di Clavido Tolomeo Alessandrino (1574) Amicus no 26306184.

Citation / reference note

Philllips, Philip Lee. "A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress", 1909. no 372.

Exhibitions note

This map was part of an exhibition held at The Royal Ontario Museum, April 1958 entitled "Up North: The Discovery and Mapping of the Canadian Arctic, 1511-1944" showcasing MacDonald's Collection.

Subject heading

1. Cuba - Maps - Early works, to 1600.
2. Jamaica - Maps - Early works, to 1600.
3. Cayman Islands - Maps - Early works, to 1600.
4. Hispaniola - Maps - Early Works, to 1600.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3716177