Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Nova, et integra Universi Orbis Descriptio
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Christian Wechel
Place
Date
1531
Physical Description
1 map (woodcut) ; 31 x 44 cm.
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Related Object Notes
Object file 3844-07.
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Enid Evans recollects that she paid just over 100 pounds sterling for this map (7/12/01)
Content
Double cordiform (heart-shaped) world map. It is probably the first map designed on a double polar projection and the first to name Terra Australis, adding the comment "Terra Australis recenter inventa sed nondum plene cognita" = South[ern] land recently discovered but not yet fully known. This map is the prototype for Mercator's map of 1538 which in turn was to influence cartography well into the seventeenth century.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Rare maps--16th century]
Original map published in the 1532 Paris edition of "Novus Orbis Regionum". The Parisian printer Christian Wechel is known to have printed seperate maps for sale. The text panel addresses the 'dear reader', and after presenting the map's projection as in shape of 'twin human heart', commends [the printer] Christian Wechel into the reader's favour. Referenced: Shirley, 66.
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Last Update
05 Dec 2024
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