From Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum, Latin ed. [Antwerp : Gilles van den Rade, 1575], plate 62., Hand col. Sheet measures 42.5 x 53.5 cm. Lanman Collection., Pg. no. on verso: 62., Relief shown pictorially., and Text on verso: Tartaria siue Magni Chami imperi
Publisher:
Gilles van den Rade,
Subject (Geographic):
Asia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Rade, Gilles van den, b. ca. 1541. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Latin ed
From La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino (Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1574)., Imperfect: wormed. Accompanied by cardboard mounting with provenance note signed "John Crockett, Nov. 3, 1956.", Relief shown pictorially., and Running title on verso: Schiavonia; with signature 6F.
Publisher:
[Vincenzo Valgrisi],
Subject (Geographic):
Croatia--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Crockett, John--Autograph. and Valgrisi, Vincenzo, active 1540-1572
"Quid ei potest videri magnum in rebus humanis, cui aeternitas omnis, totiusque mundi nota sit magnitudo. Cicero"., Cross collection no. 7. Label on verso with manuscript number "101/58.", From Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum., German text on verso, with caption title "Die gantsche Welt" and signature l., and Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
[Abraham Ortelius],
Subject (Name):
Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590, engraver. and Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Theatrum orbis terrarum.
"Cvm privilegio"., From Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, 1572., Includes index of city features and a depiction of Venetian figures., Latin, Italian., No. on verso: 43., Relief shown pictorially., and Sheet measures 40 x 54 cm. Ms. note on verso. dgv
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Geographic):
Venice (Italy)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590. Civitates Orbis Terrarum. Latin
"Cvm privilegio"., Copy 2: Imperfect: Mutilated with loss of information. Hand colored., From Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, 1572., Includes index of city features and a depiction of Venetian figures., Latin, Italian., No. on verso: 43., and Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Geographic):
Venice (Italy)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590. Civitates Orbis Terrarum. Latin
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, 1208 or 9-1283 or 4.
Published / Created:
[15--?]
Call Number:
Arabic MSS 575
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Abstract:
In the center of the map is Mecca; the ocean is located on each side along the outer edge of the sheet with the pillars of the earth in the four corners. Great emphasis is placed on Africa and the Nile river. Other places of interest include: Wasteland where nobody lives, Mountains of the Moon, Land of the Slavs and Franks, Gog and Magog, Land of the Turks (Central Asia), Red Sea (rectangular water mass), the Source of life.
Description:
Gift of Thomas E. Marston, Yale '27, in honor of Alexander O. Vietor, Yale '36, in November 1978., Removed from a bound volume., and Tempera and ink.