ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598) - Typus Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp: [1587-1592?]. A hand-coloured copy of one of the most celebrated and well-known maps of the world. The first edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was published in 1570 and is considered to be the first modern atlas; the Typus Orbis Terrarum was always included as the first map and there were three different editions already published in the course of the 16th century. This lightly later version includes some updates such as the more correct form of South America and the transformation of the clouds of the outer edge with a typically Flemish decorative cartouche. At the four corners there are Latin captions enclosed in circles. There are several cartographic hypotheses included in this map which are represented for the first time; first of all the great Terra Australis Nondum Cognita, the north-west passage under the Terra Septemtrionalis Incognita, the first erroneous projection of Japan and the equally conjectural delineation of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. North America in particular is a study of conjecture and mythical cartography; for example, Nova Francia is outlined, although the map debuted well before the visits of Champlain and the Jesuits. The sources used are Mercatore's world map from 1569, Gastaldi's from 1561 and Diego Gutierrez's portolan of the Atlantic coasts. (Misura del foglio 458 x 557mm). Engraved map (358 x 488mm). (Browned, with repairs and reinforcements at the central fold and margins, some staining in the marginssome very small tears to the margin of the paper far from the etching); with modern frame.
ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598) - Typus Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp: [1587-1592?]. A hand-coloured copy of one of the most celebrated and well-known maps of the world. The first edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum was published in 1570 and is considered to be the first modern atlas; the Typus Orbis Terrarum was always included as the first map and there were three different editions already published in the course of the 16th century. This lightly later version includes some updates such as the more correct form of South America and the transformation of the clouds of the outer edge with a typically Flemish decorative cartouche. At the four corners there are Latin captions enclosed in circles. There are several cartographic hypotheses included in this map which are represented for the first time; first of all the great Terra Australis Nondum Cognita, the north-west passage under the Terra Septemtrionalis Incognita, the first erroneous projection of Japan and the equally conjectural delineation of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. North America in particular is a study of conjecture and mythical cartography; for example, Nova Francia is outlined, although the map debuted well before the visits of Champlain and the Jesuits. The sources used are Mercatore's world map from 1569, Gastaldi's from 1561 and Diego Gutierrez's portolan of the Atlantic coasts. (Misura del foglio 458 x 557mm). Engraved map (358 x 488mm). (Browned, with repairs and reinforcements at the central fold and margins, some staining in the marginssome very small tears to the margin of the paper far from the etching); with modern frame.
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