Circular world map
Item Information
- Title:
- Circular world map
- Description:
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The circular world map that appeared in the 1475 Latin edition of ''Rudimentum Novitorium'' and its subsequent French translations is considered the first printed map of the world. Drawn in the tradition of Medieval manuscript mappa mundi and T-O world diagrams, it represents the world, oriented to the East, as a circle divided into three continents. However, it is more than a schematic diagram, since it displays more than 100 place names and geographical features positioned in relatively good spatial relationships to each other. While the location of Jerusalem at the center of the three land masses is implied in T-O diagrams, Judea and Palestine are clearly positioned as the map's central focus. Interestingly, the only other map in this volume is one of the Holy Land, also the first printed map of that region.
- Cartographer:
- Le Rouge, Pierre, -1493
- Date:
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[1488–1489]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department - Collection (local):
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Special Collections, Rare Books
- Subjects:
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World maps--Early works to 1800
Incunabula
- Places:
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World
- Extent:
- 1 map : hand color ; on leaf 63 x 41 cm
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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[Paris] :
[Pierre Le Rouge]
- Scale:
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Scale not given
- Language:
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French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)
- Notes:
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On leaf lxxi in ''La mer des hystoires'' (Paris, 1488)
- Notes (date):
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This date is inferred.
- Notes (citation):
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Copinger, 3991
BM 15th cent., VIII, 109 (IC. 40017)
Goff, R-346
ISTC, ir00346000
BN cat. des incun., r-221
Polain, 2673
IGI, 6370
Madsen, 2728
Oates, 3007
Rhodes, Oxford Colleges, 1535
Proctor, 8092
Campbell, Early maps, 215-216
- Notes (exhibitions):
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Exhibited: "Journeys of the Imagination" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2006.
Exhibited: "Crossing Boundaries: Art // Maps" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2018-2019.
- Identifier:
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05_01_000210
- Call #:
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BPL Rare Books Dept. Q.402.51
- Barcode:
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mq7047005
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