ATLAS OF COLUMBUS AND THE GREAT DISCOVERIES
Written by Kenneth Nebenzahl
Published by Rand McNally & Company
in 1990
ISBN: 052883407X
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- ATLAS
- CARTOGRAPHY
- MAPS
ATLAS OF COLUMBUS AND THE GREAT DISCOVERIES
Written by Kenneth Nebenzahl.
Stock no. 2138642
Circa.
1990.
Hardback.
Large format.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Very large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour and b/w maps and illustrations throughout. ISBN: 052883407X. Browning to page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a little browning.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- PART I
- The Cartographic Tradition by Columbus
- Claudius Ptolemy, World Map, Florence, 1474
- Abraham Cresques, The Catalan Atlas, Majorca 1375
- Zuane Pizzigano, Nautical Chart, Venice, 1424
- Fra Mauro, World Map, Murano, 1459
- Henricus Martellus Germanus, World Map, Florence, 1489
- Martin Behaim, Terrestrial Globe, Nuremburg 1492
- Donnus Nicolaus Germanus, Hispania, Ulm 1482
- "The Christopher Columbus Charter" Portolan Sea Chart 1492-1500
- PART II
- Columbus and His Contempories Change of the Map
- Map of the Discoveries of Columbus, Basel 1493
- Juan de la Cosa, World Chart, Santa Maria 1500
- The "Cantino" Planisphere, Lisbon 1502
- Bartolommeo Columbus & Alessandra Zorzi, Map of the Equatorial Belt Italy 1503-1506/1516-1522
- Nicolo Caveri, World Chart Genoa 1504-05
- Giovanni Matteo Contarini World Map Florence 1506
- Johannes Ruysch World Map Rome 1507
- Martin Waldseemuller, World Map Strassburg 1507
- Francesco Rosselli, Marine Chart and World Map, Florence 1508
- Vesconte de Maggiolo World Map Naples 1511
- Pietro Martyr d'Anghiera, Map of the Indies, Seville, 1511
- Piri Re'is, Chart of the Ocean Sea, Gallipoli 1513
- Martin Waldseemuller, Terre Nove, Strassburg 1513
- Lopo Homen with Pedro Reinel, Northern Indian Ocean, Portugal, 1519
- Lope Homen with PEdro Reinel, East Indies, Portugal, 1519
- PART III
- Filling in the Features of the Earth
- Hernando Cortes, Gulf of Mexico, Map and Mexico City Plan, Nuremburg, 1524
- Juan Vespucci, World Map, Italy 1524
- Antonio Pigafetta, Maps from Magellan's Great Voyage, Place of original unknown 1525
- Juan Vespucci, World Map, Seville 1526
- Gerolamo da Verrazzano, World Map, place of origin unknown 1529
- Diego Ribero, World Map, Seville, 1529
- Diego Ribero & Giovanni Battista Ramusio, The New World, Venice 1534
- Sebastian Munster, The New Islands, Basel 1546
- Battista Agnese, World Map Venice, 1542
- Battista Agnese, Oval World Map, Venice 1542
- Sebasian Cabot, World Map Antwerp 1544
- The 'Vallard' Chart. Dieppe before 1547
- Pierre Desceliers, World Map, Arques 1550
- Guillaume Le Testu, East Coast of North America, Florida and the Greater Antilles, Le Havre 1556
- Diogo Homem, The North Atlantic, London 1558
- Abraham Ortelius, World Map Antwerp 1564
- PART IV
- Europe's Colonial Era Begins
- Gerardus Mercator, World Map on Mercator's Projection, Duisburg 1569
- Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg, Plan of Cuzco, Cologne, 1572
- Jodocus Hondius, World Map, London 1589
- John White La Virginea Pars and La Virgenia Pars, London 1585-1586
- Baptista Boazio, The Famouse West Indian Voyadge, Leiden 1588
- Baptista Boazio, Hispaniola Leiden 1588
- Baptista Boazio Cartagena Leiden 1588
- Baptista Boazio St Augustine Leiden 1588
- Cornlis de Jode, Quiviriae Regnum and Americae Pars Borealis, Antwerp 1593
- Edward Wright, World Chart on Mercator Projection, London 1599
- Bibliography
- Index