Girolamo Ruscelli: Nueva Hispania Tabula Nova
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Cartographer:
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Girolamo Ruscelli
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Title:
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Nueva Hispania Tabula Nova
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Date:
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1564
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Published:
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Venice
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Width:
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10 inches / 26 cm
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Height:
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8 inches / 21 cm
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Map ref:
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USA7230
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Description:
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Early copper-engraved map of the American Southwest, the second-earliest obtainable map of California, Florida, Mexico, Texas, and the Southwest. Published by Ruscelli in his 1564 edition of Ptolemy's "Geographia". The map is essentially a slightly-enlarged version of Giacomo Gastaldi's 1548 map, but with several minor revisions: the Yucatan peninsula is now shown as connected to Mexico. The legendary Seven Cities of Cibola are confidently located in northwest Mexico.
[Burden (P.): 'The Mapping of North America' 31, State 2] [USA7230] |