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Title
Descrittione Del Mappamondo [cartographic material]
Arrangement structure
Item (linked) part of
Date(s)
1576]
Place of creation
Italy
Publisher
s.n.
Extent
1 map : hand col. ; 11 x 15 cm on sheet 30 x 20 cm.
Conditions of access
Cartographic material
90: Open
Original can be viewed in the presence o
f an early cartographic archivist.
Original can be viewed in the presence o
f an early cartographic archivist.
Cartographic material
Microfiche NMC27663
Microfiche NMC27663
90: Open
Item no. (creator)
Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection Item #15
Cartographic material
90: Open
Volume
15 Item no. assigned by LAC 15
15 Item no. assigned by LAC 15
90: Open
Archival reference no.
Other accession no.
80101/245 CA
Local class no.
H3/10000/[1572]
Terms of use
Credit Library and Archives Canada.
Copyright expired.
Creator / Provenance
Additional name(s)
Engraver: Porro, Girolamo, 1520-1604 .
Additional information
Oval map of the World, set in a page of text, with relief shown pictorially
Porcacchi's world map is a finely executed reduction of Camocio's Wall Map of 1567, one of the last wall maps to follow Gastaldi's wall map of 1546. The map shows a narrow strait between America and Asia. California is shown as a peninsula. Limited information on the east coast, although Florida is named. No obvious entry for either the Hudson or St. Lawrence Rivers The Amazon is depicted, but flowing north-south. Massive southern continent shown, along with a north polar land mass.
Copperplate engraving.
"193" appears in upper right corner above the decorative design and title.
On verso "194 Descrittione Del Mappamondo"
From Porcacchi's L'isole piu famose del mondo descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro, padouano, con l'aggiunta di molte isole, 1576, plate 193.
Porcacchi's world map is a finely executed reduction of Camocio's Wall Map of 1567, one of the last wall maps to follow Gastaldi's wall map of 1546. The map shows a narrow strait between America and Asia. California is shown as a peninsula. Limited information on the east coast, although Florida is named. No obvious entry for either the Hudson or St. Lawrence Rivers The Amazon is depicted, but flowing north-south. Massive southern continent shown, along with a north polar land mass.
Copperplate engraving.
"193" appears in upper right corner above the decorative design and title.
On verso "194 Descrittione Del Mappamondo"
From Porcacchi's L'isole piu famose del mondo descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro, padouano, con l'aggiunta di molte isole, 1576, plate 193.
Custodial history
Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.
Cartographic math data
Scale indeterminate.
Citation / reference note
Shirley, Entry 127
Phillips, Entry 167, plate no 193
Sabin, Entry 64148
Wagner, vol.II, Entry 108
Phillips, Entry 167, plate no 193
Sabin, Entry 64148
Wagner, vol.II, Entry 108
Availability of other formats note
The microfiche version is NMC 27663
Language note
Text in Italian.
Subject heading
World - Maps - Early works to 1600 .
Source
Private
Other system control no.
MIKAN no.
4002422
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