Title: Nueva Hispania Tabula Nova
Map Maker:
Girolamo Ruscelli
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Place / Date: Venice / 1561
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Coloring: Hand Colored
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Size: 10 x 7 inches
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Condition: VG+
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Price:
SOLD
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Inventory ID: 4746
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Description: This map of New Spain is an enlarged version of Giacomo Gastaldi's map of 1548, except that the Yucatan is no longer shown as an Island. It is the second earliest obtainable map of the Southern half of the US. Not until Wyfliet's maps of 1597 would a better regional representation appear in a printed map. R. Spiritu Santu appears (Mississippi River). California is showns as a Peninsula. The R. Tontonteanc is either the Gila or the Colorado River. Florida and Cuaba are named. The placenames reflect the explorations of Pineda, Cabeza de Vaca, and Moscosso. Perhaps the most influential map of the southwest during the 16th Century. Martin & Martin Plate 3, Burden 31. A nice example, without the centerfold problems which often occur on this map.
Related Categories:
Maps of America
Maps of Mexico
Maps of the American South
Maps of Southeast America
Maps of Southwest America
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