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Universale descrittione di tutta la terra conosciuta fin qui [cartographic material] / Ferando Berteli Exc. 1565

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Date:

1565].

Reference:

R11981-532-6-E, Volume number: 12

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection Item #12

Local class no.:

H2/10000/1565 (2 copies)

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4218276

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

World maps

Universale descrittione di tutta la terra conosciuta fin qui
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Date(s):

1565].

Place:

[Venice:

Place of creation:

Italy

Publisher:

s.n.,

Extent:

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

Language of material:

Latin

Scope and content:

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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.

Provenance:

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Forlani, Paolo

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Publisher: Bertelli, Ferando

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General note:

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.

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

Cartographic math data:

Scale indeterminate.

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.

Related material:

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

Container note(s):

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12 : former container label was "10000 WORLD 1565".

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 version is open.

Microfiche NMC22899

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11981]

[Consultation 90 Open]

12 Item no. assigned by LAC 12

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit Library and Archives Canada.
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