{"id":24686,"date":"2018-07-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/dev-en\/antiek\/uncategorized\/world-map-magini-1597\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:45:54","slug":"world-map-magini-1597","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/world-map-magini-1597\/","title":{"rendered":"World map \u2013 Giovanni Magini, 1597"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DELIGHTFUL 16TH CENTURY WORLD MAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>Universi Orbis Descriptio<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, copper engraving made by Girolamo Porro for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giovanni_Antonio_Magini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Giovanni Magini<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s \u201c<em>Geographiae Universaetum Tum Veteris Tum Novae<\/em>\u201d published in Cologne by Peter Keschedt, <strong>1597<\/strong>. Coloured by a later hand. Size (plate): 13 x 17 cm. (Frame: 31,5 x 34,5 cm)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Girolamo_Porro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Girolamo Porro<\/a> took Arbraham Ortelius\u2019 popular oval projection and reduced it to octavo size for Magini\u2019s <em>Geographiae<\/em>. There is some loss of detail, but the information is very clearly presented. The world is surrounded by six winds, and the geography of the map is quite up-to-date.<\/p>\n<p>The great, hypothetical southern continent is shown along the bottom of the map, and the equally mythical islands around the north pole are also indicated.<\/p>\n<p>Porro shows a northwest and a northeast passage, both ending in a \u2018strait of Anian\u2019 separating North America from Asia.<\/p>\n<p>A delightful example of the current understanding of the world at the end of the sixteenth century. Two misspellings on this map differentiate it from the 1596 Venice edition. In the upper left top and bottoms of the map area is \u201c<em>Terra Icognita<\/em>\u201d instead of \u201c<em>Incognita<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>Circulus Anterticus<\/em>\u201d instead of \u201c<em>Antarcticus<\/em>\u201d as in the earlier version. The probability is that this represents a newly engraved plate.<\/p>\n<p>Price: SOLD<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Literature: Shirley 203.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DELIGHTFUL 16TH CENTURY WORLD MAP \u201cUniversi Orbis Descriptio\u201d, copper engraving made by Girolamo Porro for the Giovanni Magini\u2019s \u201cGeographiae Universaetum Tum Veteris Tum Novae\u201d published in Cologne by Peter Keschedt, 1597. Coloured by a later hand. Size (plate): 13 x 17 cm. 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