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1548 GASTALDI, G. - Universale Novo.
Universale Novo.
| Maker: | GASTALDI, G. | |
| Date: | Venice, 1548 | |
| Colored: | Uncolored. | |
| Size: | 130 x 174 mm / 5.1 x 6.9 inches | |
| Condition: | Copper engraving. Small repair of split lower part center fold, 15mm into engraved area, hardly notable. Dark impression. Italian text on verso. | |
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The Amazon River is a prominent feature in South America, yet it is shown flowing north-south, not east-west. A small continent surrounds the South Pole and stretches to make one side of the Straits of Magellan.
According to Nordenskiold, the map was engraved by Gastaldi himself.
Giacomo Gastaldi's Atlas of 1548 has been called the most comprehensive atlas, produced between Martin Waldseemüller's Geographiae of 1513, and the Abraham Ortelius Theatrum of 1570.
Considered as the foremost Italian cartographer of the 16th century, Gastaldi's maps were beautifully engraved on copper, marking a turning point in the history of cartography. It was the First sixteenth century Atlas to reintroduce copper engraving !
From that point forward, the majority of cartographic works used this method. As it was a harder material than wood, it gave the engraver the ability to give more details.
Gastaldi sought the most up-to-date geographical information available and are among the earliest obtainable maps for regional collectors.
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Reference: Shirley, 87. Tooley, 142-3. Burden, p. 16.
Giacomo Gastaldi (ca. 1500-??)
Giacomo (Jacopo) Gastaldi was born in Piedmont around 1500 and, by the 1540s, was a cosmographer for the Venetian Republic. One contemporary described Gastaldi as the ‘most excellent Piedmontese cosmographer.' As a cartographer, Gastaldi worked for various publishers, such as Nicolo Bascarini and Giovanbattista Pedrezano. But he also occasionally accepted private commissions, for example, that from Venice’s Council of Ten, who invited him to fresco maps of Asia and Africa on the walls of a room in the Doge's Palace.FAQ - Guarantee - Shipping
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