Nveva Hispania tabvla nova. Descrittione dell'America. Libro Quarto. (to accompany) Geographia di Clavdio Tolomeo alessandrino, tradotta di Greco nell'idioma volgare Italiano da Girolamo Ruscelli ... In Venetia, MDXCIX (1599) Appresso gli heredi di M. Sessa. (Raster Image)

Author(s)

Rumsey, David, 1944-, Ptolemy, Claudius, and Ruscelli, Girolamo

Description

This layer is a georeferenced image of an engraved map of New Spain from 1599. Showing the southern United States, including Texas and Florida and Mexico and Central America. California is a peninsula and in the vicinity of the Colorado River flows the R. Tontonteanc, with place names, showing Sier Anevada (Sierra Nevada). Relief shown pictorially. The original map appears in "Geographia di Clavdio Tolomeo alessandrino, tradotta di Greco nell'idioma volgare Italiano da Girolamo Ruscelli ; et hora nuouamente ampliata da Gioseffo Rosaccio, con varie annotationi, & espositioni, & tauole di rame ... ; et vna geografia vniuersale del medesimo, separata da quella di Tolomeo ... ; et vna breue descrittione di tutta la terra, distinta in quattro libri ... ; con due indici copiosissimi di tutto quello, che di notabile si contiene nell opera. Conlicentia, et privilegio. In Venetia, MDXCIX (1599) Appresso gli heredi di M. Sessa" The historic map layers in the Google Earth Rumsey Map Collection have been selected by David Rumsey from his large collection of historical maps, as well as some from other collections with which he collaborates. All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods, scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced by Rumsey, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe. Some of the maps fit perfectly in their modern spaces, while othersgenerally earlier period mapsreveal interesting geographical misconceptions of their time. Cultural features on the maps can be compared to the modern satellite views using the slider bars to adjust transparency. The result is an exploration of time as well as space, a marriage of historic cartographic masterpieces with innovative contemporary software tools.

Publisher

Cartography Associates

Place(s)

Mexico, United States, and Central America

Subject(s)

Historical geography and Imagery and Base Maps

Year

1599

Held by

Stanford

More details at

http://purl.stanford.edu/bj946bh3740

Use and reproduction

Image from the David Rumsey Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce commercially, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Copyright

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License

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