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Title

Universale descrittione di tutta la terra conosciuta fin qui [cartographic material] / 

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Item (linked) part of

World maps [cartographic material] (R11981-1-8-E)

Date(s)

1565]

Place of creation

Italy

Publisher

s.n.

Extent

1 map : ill. , b.& w. 74 cm in diam on sheet 53 x 79 cm.

Scope and content

Paolo Forlani's third world map derived from Giacomo Gastaldi's 1546 prototype world map. It has the same title as that of 1562 but it is in two sheets and considerably larger, a very large and extensive southern continent had been added. As well as imaginary mountain ranges, Forlani has populated his terra incognita with a host of unlikely animals - among them a lion, a camel, an elephant, a rhinoceros, a griffin and a unicorn. While the oceans contain a number of sailing ships and sea monsters. The map depicts North America as being joined to Asia.

Conditions of access

Cartographic material
90: Open
Original can be viewed in the presence o
f an early cartographic archivist. Microfiche version is open.
Cartographic material
Microfiche NMC22899
90: Open
Item no. (creator)
Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection Item #12
Cartographic material
90: Open
Volume
12 Item no. assigned by LAC 12
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R11981-532-6-E
Other accession no.
80101/245 CA
Local class no.
H2/10000/1565 (2 copies)

Terms of use

Credit Library and Archives Canada.
Copyright expired.

Creator / Provenance

Forlani, Paolo.

Additional name(s)

Publisher: Bertelli, Ferando.

Additional information

Copperplate engraving.

In the two upper corners of the map are two large cherub heads with butterfly-like wings.

In the bottom right and left corners is text. On the right hand side is a dedication to Bartolomeo Zacco and below text is "Fer. Bertelli, libraro". On the left hand side located below the text "Fernando berteli Exe 1565"

Map appears to be State 4 as listed in Shirley, having Bertelli's imprint only.

Pictorial relief.

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

Related materials
For other copies and or versions of this map see; Mikan 4151164 ; Mikan 4218280 (NMC 13294) Copy 1.

Cartographic math data
Scale indeterminate.

Citation / reference note
Shirley, Entry 115, State 4
Tooley, R.V. " Maps in Italian atlases of the Sixteenth Century, being a comparative list of Italian maps issued by Lafreri, Forlani, Duchetti, Berteli and others found in Atlases," Imago Mundi, III, p. 11-47. (p. 11.)
Wagner, vol. 2, Entry 56, p. 281
Wagner, vol. 2, Entry 66, p. 282

Availability of other formats note
The microfiche version is NMC 22899.

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.
Discovery and Mapping of Upper Canada: An exhibition held at the Canadiana Department, Royal Ontario Museum, May - December 1967
Canada on Maps 1564-1616: Stratford Festival Exhibition 1966.

Subject heading

World - Maps - Early works to 1600 .

Source

Private

Other system control no.

CARTO33903

MIKAN no.

4218276