Price: $12,500.00
SKU: 50625
ARTIST: Martin Waldseemuller
PUBLISHER: Published by Lorenz Fries, Strasbourg.
MEDIUM: Woodcut,
DATE: 1522 (1525).
EDITION SIZE: Image size 11 1/4 x 14 3/4" (28.2 x 37.5 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Lorenz Fries reduced version of Waldseemuller’s map of 1513. The Waldseemuller prototype was the first printed atlas map to focus on the New World. Fries supplemented the work of Waldseemuller with an inscription about Columbus not found in the 1513 version of the map and added vignettes of cannibalistic Indians and an opossum, which he borrowed from Waldseemuller’s World Map of 1516. Cartographically, the map shows a continuous coastline between North and South America. South America is depicted as a huge continent with no western coastline. In the Caribbean, the islands of Cuba (named Isabella Insul. after Queen Isabella of Spain), Hispaniola (Spagnoha), and Puerto Rico (Boriguem) are shown. A large Spanish flag is shown planted in Cuba showing their possessions in the New World. North America is shown possibly as far northward of the St. Lawrence as there is a river named "Caninor" at the correct latitude of where the St. Lawrence should be. In all, over 15 placenames are shown on the North American coastline, drawn primarily from Portuguese sources including the Cantino portolano of 1502 and the Caveri of c. 1505. The representation of Florida and Gulf of Mexico pre-date any recorded European voyages possibly suggesting that Waldseemuller had access to reports of unrecorded voyages prior to 1513. Both Waldseemuller and Fries credit Columbus in annotations on the map. Waldseemuller had previously credited Amerigo Vespucci with the discovery of America and was apparently trying to correct this error. A scarce map in today's market.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition. Black and white.
REFERENCE: Burden, Mapping of North America #4.
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