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[World map] [cartographic material] Paulus Furlanis Veronensis opus hoc exmi. Cosmographi D[omi]ni Iacobi Gastaldi Pedemontani Instaurauit,et dicauit exti Iur Vt Doct et aurato Aquiti Dno Paulo Michaeli Vencentino

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Date:

1562.

Reference:

R11981-461-9-E, Volume number: 11

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection Item #11

Local class no.:

H3/10000/1562

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4002452

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

World maps

[World map]
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Date(s):

1562.

Place:

Venetiis : Ioan Francisci Camotii:

Place of creation:

Italy

Publisher:

Ioan Francisci Camotii,

Extent:

1 map : ill., hand col. ; 29 x 53 cm on sheet 33 x 54 cm.

Language of material:

Latin

Scope and content:

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Paolo Forlani's 1560 world map appeared fourteen years after the first appearance of Italian cartographer Giacomo Gastaldi's prototype world map. The Forlani version was published by Venetian Giovanni Camocio. The map includes the first naming of Canada and Saguenai; the North American land mass is still shown joined to Asia. The map includes two multi-pointed compasses, numerous sea monsters, Venetian galleys, and other ships in the sea.

Provenance:

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Forlani, Paolo
Additional name(s):

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Gastaldo, Jacopo

Publisher: Camocio, Giovanni Francesco, flourished 16th century
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General note:

Copperplate engraving.
"Ventetiis Ioan Francisci Camotii arris formis as signum Pyramidis Anno MDLXII"
This copy represents state 2, dated 1562 as described in Shirley and based on the appearance of the following information "Ioan Francisci Camotii MDLXII"
Pictoral relief.

Custodial history:

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

Citation/reference note:

Shirley, Entry 106, State 2, 1562, Woodward, David. The maps and prints of Paolo Forlani,1990, Entry 01.02.

Language note:

Text in Latin.

Cartographic math data:

Scale [ca. 1:65 000 000] (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°).

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC 21089

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, Treasures of the National Map Collection, Public Archives of Canada : An exhibition of 100 original maps, atlases, globes and architectural plans, 1490-1982, held at the Public Archives of Canada 17 August 1982 to 9 January 1983., Canada on Maps 1564-1616: Stratford Festival Exhibition 1966., Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 3: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition. [125th Anniversary of the National Archives]. Curator: Martin Tétreault, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1998.11.10 - 1999.11.30

Date of issue:

Date of issue based on the Roman numerals appearing in the bottom left corner "MDLXII"

Related material:

For other state see: G3200 1560 .F67 - H3 (AMICUS No. 26374309) (NMC 97953)

Subject heading:

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World - Maps - Early works to 1600

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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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 NMC21089

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981]

[Consultation 90 Open]

11 Item no. assigned by LAC 11

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit Library and Archives Canada.
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