Mapping an Atlantic World
Alida C. Metcalf
Mapping an Atlantic World
Chapter 1 The Atlantic on the Periphery
Fig. 1.1. The Atlantic on T-O Mappaemundi
Fig. 1.2. Pillars of Hercules at the Entrance to the Atlantic
Fig. 1.3. The Atlantic on a Medieval World Chart
Fig. 1.4. The Atlantic on Transitional Mappaemundi
Fig. 1.5 Atlantic Details on a Catalan World Chart
Fig. 1.6. The Atlantic on a Ptolemaic Mappamundi
Fig. 1.7. The Atlantic on the World Map by Henricus Martellus
Fig. 1.8. The Atlantic on Behaim’s Globe
Chapter 2 The Year 1500
Fig. 2.1. St. Christopher
Fig. 2.2. Martin Waldseemüller, Universalis Cosmographia, 1507
Fig. 2.3 Waldseemüller’s Globe, 1507
Fig. 2.4. Johannes Ruysch, Universalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta observationibus
Chapter 3 Chartmakers
Fig. 3.1. Atlantic Compass Rose
Fig. 3.2. Invisible Circles, Carta del Cantino, 1502
Fig. 3.3. Main Compass Rose, Carta del Cantino, 1502
Fig. 3.4. Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean, ca. 1320-50
Fig. 3.5. Grazioso Benincasa, A Portolan Chart of Europe, 1470
Fig. 3.6. An Illustrated Chart
Fig. 3.7. The West African Coastline on Two Charts
Fig. 3.8. Compass Roses on Carta nautica, 1471-82
Fig. 3.9. A Cityscape and a Landscape on Aguiar’s Portolan Chart, 1492
Chapter 4 From Manuscript to Print
Fig. 4.1. Eastern and Western Hemispheres, 1507
Fig. 4.2. Waldseemüller’s Fourth Part of the World on Three Maps, 1507
Figure 4.3. Mountains on Waldseemüller’s Universalis Cosmographia
Fig. 4.4. Woodcutters’ Techniques for Bodies of Water
Fig. 4.5. Three Windheads at the Top of Waldseemüller’s Universalis Cosmographia
Chapter 5 Parrots and Trees
Figure 5.1. Parrots Signify Brazil on Three Maps
Figure 5.2. The Portuguese Padrões on Three Maps
Figure 5.3. Engraved and Woodcut Parrots
Figure 5.4. The Abstraction of Trees
Figure 5.5. Parrots Signify Africa on Carta del Cantino
Figure 5.6. Elephants
Chapter 6 The Cannibal Scene
Figure 6.1. Cannibalism in Brazil
Figure 6.2. Johann Froschauer, Woodcut of South American Indians
Figure 6.3. Two Monsters among Men in South Africa
Chapter 7 Conclusion
Figure 7.1. Waldseemüller’s Carta Marina
Plates
1. Carta Catalana
2. Il Mappamondo di Fra Mauro, 1450
3. Nicolò Germano, Planisfero, 1466
4. Juan de la Cosa, Carta Universal, 1500
5. Portolan Chart (King-Hamy), ca. 1502
6. Carta del Cantino, 1502
7. Nicolay de Caverio, Planisphère nautique, 1506
8. Carta nautica, ca. 1471-82
9. Jorge de Aguiar, Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean Sea, 1492
10. Pedro Reinel, Portulan, ca. 1485
11. Pedro Reinel, Portulan (Atlantik), ca. 1504
12. Portolan (Weltkarte), 1502-6
Additional Content
Ptolemy’s Geographia
Martellus’ Atlantic Chart/Map
Waldseemüller’s Globe, Spinning Digital Model
Waldseemüller’s Globe, 3D Model
Vespucci’s Fly
Rosselli’s World Map, 1508
Mercator’s World Map
The Image on the Book’s Cover
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