Cordiform world map by G. Frisius - P. Apianus. 1553
Peter Apian's Cosmographia, first published in 1524, was republished many times throughout the sixteenth century. From 1544 onwards, most o the editions contain a truncated cordiform world map which is reportedly based on the larger map of the world prepared by Gemma Frisius and published from Louvain in 1540, but which has now been lost. Three very similar wood blocks have been distinguished.
Gemma Frisius (1508-1555)
Gemma Frisius was a mathematician, physician, cosmographer and cartographer from Dokkum in Friesland. Studied and worked in Louvain from c. 1525, wrote many influential theoretical works on mathematics, surveying and cosmography. Gemma's son Cornelius succeeded him as professor of mathematics and medicine at the University of Louvain.
Peter Apian (Apianus) (Leising, Saxony, 1495 - Ingolstadt, 1552)
Geographer and Astronomer Royal at Ingolstadt; in 1528, he set up a printing press with his brothers Georg and Martin.
Charta Cosmographica, cum Ventorum Propria Natura et Operatione.
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Category: Antique maps > World and Polar
Old, antique map - cordiform world map by Gemma Frisius and Peter Apianus.
First woodblock: 1544.
This map: second woodblock, 1553.
Woodcut
Size (not including margins): 19 x 28cm (7.4 x 10.8 inches)
Verso: Blank
Condition: Excellent.
References: Shirley (World), 96.
From: Cosmographia Petri Apiani . . . Antwerp, 1553.
Peter Apian's Cosmographia, first published in 1524, was republished many times throughout the sixteenth century. From 1544 onwards, most o the editions contain a truncated cordiform world map which is reportedly based on the larger map of the world prepared by Gemma Frisius and published from Louvain in 1540, but which has now been lost. Three very similar wood blocks have been distinguished.
Gemma Frisius (1508-1555)
Gemma Frisius was a mathematician, physician, cosmographer and cartographer from Dokkum in Friesland. Studied and worked in Louvain from c. 1525, wrote many influential theoretical works on mathematics, surveying and cosmography. Gemma's son Cornelius succeeded him as professor of mathematics and medicine at the University of Louvain.
Peter Apian (Apianus) (Leising, Saxony, 1495 - Ingolstadt, 1552)
Geographer and Astronomer Royal at Ingolstadt; in 1528, he set up a printing press with his brothers Georg and Martin.
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