Maps: 1553 - 1576
Sebastian Munster: 1555: "Du royaume de Pologne," uncolored, with
a DETAIL image, from a French version of his "Cosmographia;"
c1560: a colored German- language version. Colored version from
www.raremaps.com
a DETAIL image, from a French version of his "Cosmographia;"
c1560: a colored German- language version. Colored version from
www.raremaps.com
Girolamo Ruscelli: "TAVOLA NVOVADI PRVSSIA ET DI LIVONIA," Venice, in three
versions: the sailing ship in the 1564 version identifies it as a third-state map. Map
190 x 260 mm / 7.5 x 10.25 inches. All three maps from the National Library of Latvia:
http://data.lnb.lv/nba05/kartes/frame_anglu.htm
versions: the sailing ship in the 1564 version identifies it as a third-state map. Map
190 x 260 mm / 7.5 x 10.25 inches. All three maps from the National Library of Latvia:
http://data.lnb.lv/nba05/kartes/frame_anglu.htm
1562 Giacomo Gastaldi: the bottom half of "... Regno di
Polonia...," 29 x 52.5 cm. Left image from
www.gallica.bnf.fr; right image from
http://www.muzeum.krakow.pl/
Polonia...," 29 x 52.5 cm. Left image from
www.gallica.bnf.fr; right image from
http://www.muzeum.krakow.pl/
1569 Sebastian Munster: "Das vierdt buch." A miniature German- language "Cosmo- graphia" (published 1544 -
1628) atlas page, 8 x 12 inches, with the map 6 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches, in two differently- colored versions.
Compare with the 1598 version. The page and map on the left is AK-23; on the right from Albion Prints, UK
1628) atlas page, 8 x 12 inches, with the map 6 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches, in two differently- colored versions.
Compare with the 1598 version. The page and map on the left is AK-23; on the right from Albion Prints, UK
1561 Girolamo Ruscelli: "POLONIA ET
HVNGARIA NVOVA TAVOLA," Venice,
10 x 7 inches. Ruscelli's atlas is an
expanded version of Gastaldi's 1548 atlas --
which has been called the most compre-
hensive atlas produced between Waldsee-
muller's 1513 "Geographica" and Ortelius'
1570 "Theatrum. Ruscelli and Gastaldi's
maps were engraved on copper, a turning
point in the history of cartography. From
that point on, the majority of cartographic
works used this medium. As it was a
harder material than wood it gave the
engraver the ability to render more
detail. From www.raremaps.com
HVNGARIA NVOVA TAVOLA," Venice,
10 x 7 inches. Ruscelli's atlas is an
expanded version of Gastaldi's 1548 atlas --
which has been called the most compre-
hensive atlas produced between Waldsee-
muller's 1513 "Geographica" and Ortelius'
1570 "Theatrum. Ruscelli and Gastaldi's
maps were engraved on copper, a turning
point in the history of cartography. From
that point on, the majority of cartographic
works used this medium. As it was a
harder material than wood it gave the
engraver the ability to render more
detail. From www.raremaps.com
1570 Sebastian Munster: "...dem Preuffen,"
from "Das Dritte Buch," "Cosmographia." 8
x13 inches. Also a DETAIL image.
from "Das Dritte Buch," "Cosmographia." 8
x13 inches. Also a DETAIL image.
Engraver Vaclovas Grodeckis (Grodeccio); Publisher, Abraham Ortelius: "POLONIAE finitimarumque locorum descriptio. Auctore Wenceslao Godreccio Polono." (Poland and nearby
lands), from Ortelius' "Theatrum orbis terrarum," 49 x 36.4 cm / 19 x 14.5 inches, first issued 1570, and considered the very first atlas. The first 1570 from Antwerp is from www.jpmaps.com; the
second 1570 map, also from Antwerp, is from www.raremaps.com; the first 1572 map is from www.raremaps.com; the second 1572 map and detail image is from www.swaen.com; the third 1572 map is from jremington1; the
1574 map is AK-12. See more maps from this run on the next page.
lands), from Ortelius' "Theatrum orbis terrarum," 49 x 36.4 cm / 19 x 14.5 inches, first issued 1570, and considered the very first atlas. The first 1570 from Antwerp is from www.jpmaps.com; the
second 1570 map, also from Antwerp, is from www.raremaps.com; the first 1572 map is from www.raremaps.com; the second 1572 map and detail image is from www.swaen.com; the third 1572 map is from jremington1; the
1574 map is AK-12. See more maps from this run on the next page.
1574 Girolamo Ruscelli: "
TAVOLA NVOVA PRVSSIA
ET DI LIVONIA," Venice, 7
x 9.5 inches, from Ruscelli's
"Ptolemaeus La Geografia,"
which published new
(Tabula Nova) maps along
with Ptolemy's originals.
TAVOLA NVOVA PRVSSIA
ET DI LIVONIA," Venice, 7
x 9.5 inches, from Ruscelli's
"Ptolemaeus La Geografia,"
which published new
(Tabula Nova) maps along
with Ptolemy's originals.
1570 Sebastian Munster: "Vondem königreich Poland." A
page from a German-language edition of the miniature atlas
"Cosmographia" From Albion Prints, UK
page from a German-language edition of the miniature atlas
"Cosmographia" From Albion Prints, UK
1573 Jan (Joanne) Portant (Portantio): "LIVONIAE NOVA DESCRIPTIO," Antwerp, printed as one of three maps on a sheet, and shown in
three versions, a Portant was an astronomer, mathematician, and geographer, and his original map, created c1571, was later used by
Ortelius (in the 1590 version) and by de Jode. All three from the Univ. of Tartu, Estonia: http://dspace.utlib.ee/dspace/
three versions, a Portant was an astronomer, mathematician, and geographer, and his original map, created c1571, was later used by
Ortelius (in the 1590 version) and by de Jode. All three from the Univ. of Tartu, Estonia: http://dspace.utlib.ee/dspace/
1570
1571
1573
1574
1575
1572
1569 Sebastian Munster : "De regno & rota
regione Poloniae," from a Latin-language
version of his miniature atlas
"Cosmographia." From www.karty.by
regione Poloniae," from a Latin-language
version of his miniature atlas
"Cosmographia." From www.karty.by
1576
1572
1561 1562 1564
| 1562 Giacomo Gastaldi: "Il Disegno de Geografia Moderna del Regno di Polonia, e Parte del Ducado di Moscovia, con parte della Scandia , e parte de Suevia, con molte Regioni, in quelli. Et la provincia de Ustinga e quella di Severa in sino al mare maggiore. . . MDLXII . . ." Venice, 21 x 30.5 inches (if joined). The first edition of Gastaldi's 2-sheet map of the Kingdom of Poland, generally recognized as the earliest map to focus on Poland. Derived from Mercator's 1554 map of Europe, the map was also likely influenced by the maps of Bernard Wapowski (1526) and Grodeckis published in 1548, now lost, but copied by Ortelius in 1570. Paolo Forlani issued a subsequent edition of Gastadi's 2 sheet map in 1568. From www.raremaps.com |
1573 1573 1573
1555 c1560
1572
1570