Details

Subject(s)

• World maps—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Related name

• Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552 [Browse]
• Herwagen, Johann, 1497-1559? [Browse]
• Grynäus, Simon, 1493-1541 [Browse]
• Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543 [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• World maps—1532 [Browse]

Summary note

World map on the elliptical projection, with ornate border design of natives hunting and cannibailzing; elephant; serpent; sea monster. Illustrations captioned "Piper, Muscata, Gariofili, Canibali, Vartomanus" (Lodovico Barthéma on his travels), &c. Illustrations are attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger. cf. Shirley.

Notes

• Relief shown pictorially.
• In: Novus orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum, unà cum tabula cosmographica. Edited by Simon Grynaeus from materials collected by Joannes Huttichius. Map is listed on title page verso: In tabulam cosmographiae introductio per Sebastianum Munsterum.

Language note

In Latin.

Source acquisition

Historic Maps copy is gift of Holly and Henry Wendt, Princeton Class of 1955.

References

• Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world 67
• Wendt, H. Envisioning the world 12

OCLC

224932161

International Standard Recording Code

HM 2013-40

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