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Apr. 22, 2023
Ruysch World Map, 1508 - THE FIRST OBTAINABLE WORLD MAP TO SHOW A PRINTED DEPICTION OF AMERICA.
Est: $250,000 - $350,000
RUYSCH, Johannes (c. 1460-1533). [World Map] Universalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta observationi (A Universal Map of the Known World, Constructed by Means of Recent Observations). Engraved map. Rome: B. Venetus de Vitalibus, 1508. 17 3/8 x 22 7/8 inches, 30 1/8 x 36 inches framed. THE FIRST OBTAINABLE WORLD MAP TO SHOW A PRINTED DEPICTION OF AMERICA. __________________________ John Rennie Short description: "Johannes Ruysch was one of the Renaissance mapmakers building on the work of Ptolemy. His fan-shaped map uses the coniform projection first suggested by Ptolemy. He was also working as geographical knowledge was expanding, This map accompanied a written description of the New World by the Italian monk Marcus Beneventanus. This Ptolemaic base map now incorporates new geographical knowledge of English, Spanish and especially Portuguese explorations. English explorations of Newfoundland are depicted as well as Spanish expeditions into the Caribbean. The earlier Portuguese forays into South east Asia to secure the lucrative Spice Trade are reflected in the depiction if India, Sri Lanka and some of the spice islands. The maop shows a world at the early beginnings of European exploration The interior of America is still largely unknown and the configuration of America in relation to Asia has yet to be full understood. Partial and fragmented though it is, the map is at the dawn of global understanding." __________________________ The first world map to show the New World was the 1506 map published by Francesco Rosselli in Florence, while another was included in Martin Waldseemuller's map of the same year. Both of these works are known in a single existing example, meaning that Ruysch's rare map is the earliest cartographic representation of the newly discovered lands that remains available to collectors. Drawn according to Ptolemy's first (coniform, or fan-shaped) projection, Ruysch's map was the first indication of America in any edition of the Geographia, and incorporated geographical discoveries from Portuguese, Spanish and English explorations in America.The nomenclature was particularly influential. South America is named "Mundus Novus" or "New World" from Vespucci's published accounts asserting that this was a "fourth" or "new" corner of the globe, distinct from Europe, Asia and Africa. Ruysch's map provides a revealing window into both the cartographical misconceptions and advances of the Renaissance. Mapmakers were still struggling to understand what relationship the newly discovered lands bore to the coast of Asia, whether they were the easternmost extremities of that continent (as Columbus had assumed) or distinct from it. Ruysch seems to have equivocated on that point. Although he advocated the theory that the territorial discoveries were indeed a New World simply by labeling South America as "Mundus Novus," he still showed Greenland and Newfoundland ("Terre Nova") attached to Asia. In other ways, however, Ruysch broke away from received wisdom in his geographical configurations. This work, for example, is the first printed map to show India with its correct triangular form. Ruysch's map was instrumental in disseminating knowledge of recent discoveries in America, Africa and Asia. Ruysch himself is an enigmatic figure. Probably born in Utrecht, he is thought to have lived in a monastery in Cologne before settling in Rome, where he produced this map. According to the editor of the 1507-8 edition of Ptolemy's Geography, Ruysch had personally taken part in a voyage from England to North America. As such, this map is the first printed depiction of America by a mapmaker who had himself visited the New World. Plate 6 in Schwartz / Ehrenberg "The Mapping of America".
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Jan. 25, 2020
Ruysch World Map 1508
Est: $200,000 - $300,000
RUYSCH, Johannes (c. 1460-1533). [World Map] Universalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta observationi (A Universal Map of the Known World, Constructed by Means of Recent Observations) Engraved map. Rome: B. Venetus de Vitalibus, 1508. 17 3/8 x 22 7/8 inches, 30 1/8 x 36 inches framed. The first obtainable world map to show a printed depiction of America. The first world map to show the New World was the 1506 map published by Francesco Rosselli in Florence, while another was included in Martin Waldseemller's map of the same year. Both of these works are known in a single existing example, meaning that Ruysch's rare map is the earliest cartographic representation of the newly discovered lands that remains available to collectors. Drawn according to Ptolemy's first (coniform, or fan-shaped) projection, Ruysch's map was the first indication of America in any edition of the Geographia, and incorporated geographical discoveries from Portuguese, Spanish and English explorations in America.The nomenclature was particularly influential. South America is named "Mundus Novus" or "New World" from Vespucci's published accounts asserting that this was a "fourth" or "new" corner of the globe, distinct from Europe, Asia and Africa. Ruysch's map provides a revealing window into both the cartographical misconceptions and advances of the Renaissance. Mapmakers were still struggling to understand what relationship the newly discovered lands bore to the coast of Asia, whether they were the easternmost extremities of that continent (as Columbus had assumed) or distinct from it. Ruysch seems to have equivocated on that point. Although he advocated the theory that the territorial discoveries were indeed a New World simply by labeling South America as "Mundus Novus," he still showed Greenland and Newfoundland ("Terre Nova") attached to Asia. In other ways, however, Ruysch broke away from received wisdom in his geographical configurations. This work, for example, is the first printed map to show India with its correct triangular form. Ruysch's map was instrumental in disseminating knowledge of recent discoveries in America, Africa and Asia. Ruysch himself is an enigmatic figure. Probably born in Utrecht, he is thought to have lived in a monastery in Cologne before settling in Rome, where he produced this map. According to the editor of the 1507-8 edition of Ptolemy's Geography, Ruysch had personally taken part in a voyage from England to North America. As such, this map is the first printed depiction of America by a mapmaker who had himself visited the New World. Plate 6 in Schwartz / Ehrenberg "The Mapping of America".
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Jun. 13, 2015
Universalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta observationi (A Universal Map of the Known World, Constructed by Means of Recent Observations) from Geographia Cl. Ptholemaei
Est: $200,000 - $300,000
Johannes Ruysch (c. 1460-1533). Engraved map. Rome: B. Venetus de Vitalibus, 1508. 17 3/8 x 22 7/8 inches, 30 1/8 x 36 inches framed. The first obtainable world map to show a printed depiction of America. The first world map to show the New World was the 1506 map published by Francesco Rosselli in Florence, while another was included in Martin Waldseemller's map of the same year. Both of these works are known in a single existing example, meaning that Ruysch's rare map is the earliest cartographic representation of the newly discovered lands that remains available to collectors. Drawn according to Ptolemy?s first (coniform, or fan-shaped) projection, Ruysch?s map was the first indication of America in any edition of the Geographia, and incorporated geographical discoveries from Portuguese, Spanish and English explorations in America. The nomenclature was particularly influential. South America is named "Mundus Novus" or "New World" from Vespucci's published accounts asserting that this was a "fourth" or "new" corner of the globe, distinct from Europe, Asia and Africa. Ruysch's map provides a revealing window into both the cartographical misconceptions and advances of the Renaissance. Mapmakers were still struggling to understand what relationship the newly discovered lands bore to the coast of Asia, whether they were the easternmost extremities of that continent (as Columbus had assumed) or distinct from it. Ruysch seems to have equivocated on that point. Although he advocated the theory that the territorial discoveries were indeed a New World simply by labeling South America as "Mundus Novus," he still showed Greenland and Newfoundland ("Terre Nova") attached to Asia. In other ways, however, Ruysch broke away from received wisdom in his geographical configurations. This work, for example, is the first printed map to show India with its correct triangular form. Ruysch's map was instrumental in disseminating knowledge of recent discoveries in America, Africa and Asia. Ruysch himself is an enigmatic figure. Probably born in Utrecht, he is thought to have lived in a monastery in Cologne before settling in Rome, where he produced this map. According to the editor of the 1507-8 edition of Ptolemy's Geography, Ruysch had personally taken part in a voyage from England to North America. As such, this map is the first printed depiction of America by a mapmaker who had himself visited the New World.
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