Earliest obtainable map of North America
Tomaso Porcacchi., North America 1576
Based on the Zaltieri map of 1566. It is therefore a readily available version of the first printed map showing the narrows between Asia and America, the Stretto de Annian so marked.
Despite its small size, the concept of this map is more accurate than that of many later productions, as the relative positions of Florida and California are reasonably well placed, although the region called Quivira is here well to the northeast of California. Verrzano's sea persists as the large lake -Lago- to the north of S. Lorenzo in Canada, between Larcadia and Labrador.
Thomaso (Tommaso) Porcacchi (1530-1585)
Thomaso Porcacchi was born in Castiglion Fiorentino (Arentino), Tuscany, into a poor family. Through the patronage of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici, he was able to pursue his studies; afterwards, he embarked on a career as a translator, editor and author, initially in Florence, often working with the humanist scholar Lodovico Domenichi. His speciality was classical texts, particularly of a geographical and historical nature. Through this work, he came into contact with the prominent Venetian publisher Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari and, in 1559, he moved to Venice to form a fruitful association with Giolito, who had produced several books containing maps.
Later in his career, Porcacchi composed an isolario, L'isole piu famose del mondo ..., published by Simone Galignani de Karera and Girolamo Porro in 1572. In 1574 Porro engraved the plates for another Porcachi volume, Funerali antichi di diversi popoli, et nationi ..., and he later contributed the maps to a new edition of Claudius Prolemy's Geographiae universae tum veteris tum novae ..., edited by Giovanni Antonio Magini and published by the Heirs of Simone Galignani de Karera.
The first edition of Porcacchi's L'isole piu famose contained 30 engraved maps, set in text. The coverage was worldwide, albeit concentrated on the Mediterranean. For the second edition, the text was rewritten, and 17 additional maps were inserted, to make a total of 47.
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Category: Antique maps > America > North America
Old, antique map of North America, by Tomaso Porcacchi.
Date of the first edition: 1572
Date of this map: 1576
Engraved by Girolamo Porro.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 10.5 x 14.5cm (4.1 x 5.7 inches)
Verso text: Italian
Condition: Excellent, strong impression
Condition Rating: A+
References: Burden, #42.
From: Porcacchi T. L'Isole Piu Famose Del Mondo. Venetia, 1576.
Based on the Zaltieri map of 1566. It is therefore a readily available version of the first printed map showing the narrows between Asia and America, the Stretto de Annian so marked.
Despite its small size, the concept of this map is more accurate than that of many later productions, as the relative positions of Florida and California are reasonably well placed, although the region called Quivira is here well to the northeast of California. Verrzano's sea persists as the large lake -Lago- to the north of S. Lorenzo in Canada, between Larcadia and Labrador.
Thomaso (Tommaso) Porcacchi (1530-1585)
Thomaso Porcacchi was born in Castiglion Fiorentino (Arentino), Tuscany, into a poor family. Through the patronage of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici, he was able to pursue his studies; afterwards, he embarked on a career as a translator, editor and author, initially in Florence, often working with the humanist scholar Lodovico Domenichi. His speciality was classical texts, particularly of a geographical and historical nature. Through this work, he came into contact with the prominent Venetian publisher Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari and, in 1559, he moved to Venice to form a fruitful association with Giolito, who had produced several books containing maps.
Later in his career, Porcacchi composed an isolario, L'isole piu famose del mondo ..., published by Simone Galignani de Karera and Girolamo Porro in 1572. In 1574 Porro engraved the plates for another Porcachi volume, Funerali antichi di diversi popoli, et nationi ..., and he later contributed the maps to a new edition of Claudius Prolemy's Geographiae universae tum veteris tum novae ..., edited by Giovanni Antonio Magini and published by the Heirs of Simone Galignani de Karera.
The first edition of Porcacchi's L'isole piu famose contained 30 engraved maps, set in text. The coverage was worldwide, albeit concentrated on the Mediterranean. For the second edition, the text was rewritten, and 17 additional maps were inserted, to make a total of 47.
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