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[Map of the world ] [cartographic material] / [Benedetto Bordone]

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Date:

[ca. 1528.

Reference:

R11981-88-2-E

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #4

Local class no.:

H3/10000/[1528]

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3716976

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

World maps

[Map of the world ]
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Date(s):

[ca. 1528.

Place of creation:

Italy

Place of printing:

venice

Extent:

1 map : hand col. ; 21.2 x 37.6 cm on sheet 30 x 40 cm.

Language of material:

Italian

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Map shows new discoveries such as the connection of North and South America. North America bears the inscription "Terra del laboratore" while South America has "Mondo Nova", Map also shows the separation of North America from Asia and the spuriousness of an Arctic archipego while no land mass is present for Antarctic.

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Engraver: Bordone, Benedetto

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General note:

Prior to the discovery of Francesco Rosselli's 1508 world map, this map by Bordone was considered the first drawn on an oval projection.
Several of the islands appearing on the map contain numbers which refer the user to other maps in the atlas.
Two lines of text appear along bottom of sheet. On verso: right hand side includes text with DD appearing at end of text.
Relief shown pictorially.
Woodcut

Source of title:

Title taken from Philips " A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress", 1909, entires 162 -165, plate no 3.

Custodial history:

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

Citation/reference note:

Phillips, Philip Lee A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress", 1909, entires 162 -165., Shirley, R. "The Mapping of the World", no 59, plate 55.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Canada at Scale: Maps of Our History. National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1999.06.29 - 1999.12.31, Discovery and Mapping of Upper Canada: An exhibition held at the Canadiana Department, Royal Ontario Museum, May - December 1967.

Related material:

For other copy see: Isolario di Benedetto Bordone: nel qualsi ragiona di tutte l'isole del monde con li lor nomi antichi & moderni, historie, fauole, & modi del loro viuere, & in quai parte del mare stanno, & in qual parallelo & clima giaciono. 1547. AMICUS NO 26306112

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World - Maps - Early works to 1600

Source:

Private

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80101/245 CA
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]
Original can be viewed in the presence of an early cartographic archivist.

Microfiche NMC27656

[Consultation 90 Open]

Item no. assigned by LAC [R11981] 4

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Copy negative [R11981] c95232

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