Sylvanus's striking cordiform world map
By PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; Bernardus SYLVANUS , 1511

[Cordiform world map].

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  • 作者: PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; Bernardus SYLVANUS
  • 出版地: [Venice
  • 出版商: Jacobus Pentius de Lencho
  • 发布日期: 1511].
  • 物理描述: Double-page woodcut map, printed in red and black.
  • 方面: 430 by 575mm. (17 by 22.75 inches).
  • 库存参考: 2289

笔记

This large cordiform modern world map, published in the first Venetian edition of Ptolemy, is only the second map in a Ptolemaic atlas to show America, and the first western printed map to indicate Japan. “The capital letters are printed in red by means of type set into the woodblocks which, together with the decorative windheads, zodiacal signs, and distinctive heart-shaped projection, make this a most striking representation. … Sylvanus’ map was not reprinted and hence remains relatively scarce. His new heart-shaped projection was, however, adapted by several later cartographers and used for a number of important maps throughout the sixteenth century” (Shirley).

参考书目

  1. Shirley, Mapping of the World, 32.
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