The Cicero quote at the bottom translates “who can consider human affairs to be great, when he comprehends the eternity and vastness of the entire world?," the same quote added to Ortelius's world map of 1570. Several Sea Monsters complete this decorative and scarce map. Quivira, Tolm and Annian appear on the West Coast, along with Cevola. Lawrence River reaching to Texas and the Great Plains. Classic 16th Century cartographic representation of North America, dominated by the conjectural course of the St. An unusual Northwest coast of America is shown, with clearly delineated Northwest passage and Norheast passage, the former being obscured by two allegorical figures. The cartography of Southeast Asia includes references to the mythical lands of Beach and Lucach, based upon Marco Polo, in the general vicinity of Australia, with a note crediting the Venetian for his travels in the region. This information is adopted from the Printed World catalogue series, one of the most enjoyable and informative Australian Antique map catalogues available, created and compiled by Simon Dewez. note 2 Contents edit The atlas contained virtually no maps from the hand of Ortelius, but 53 bundled maps of other masters, with the source as indicated. The map was engraved in 1587, and first issued in the Latin text edition of 1592. Ortelius used his own world map to illustrate this theory. The publication of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570) is often considered as the official beginning of the Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography (approximately 1570s1670s). The map is a simplified one-sheet reduction of Gerard Mercators large world map of 1569, here in its third and final plate. Above map 1576 World by Porcacchi Tomaso. Item number: 26946 2300 (2530 / 2001) Discorso Intorno alla Carta da Navigare. Large Terra Australis Incognita at the bottom of the map, predating the voyages of Le Maire and Schouten which identified the route around Cape Horn:with only the Straits of Magellan showing. One of the most famous world maps, from the rare Italian language Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. 1598 Item number: 16457 600 (660 / 522) Nouvelle Mappe Monde Dediee au Progres de nos Connoissances. The mythical islands of Groclant, Thule, Frischlant and S. South America includes the large western bulge, as shown in contemporary maps by Mercator and Ortelius. Shirley notes “examples of Andreas’ world map are rarely offered for sale." Lambert's map derives from Mercator's planispheric map of 1569, with the addition of a note on the size of the earth at the top right (5400 German miles) and a quote from Cicero at the bottom.
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