Imago temporis, 2019

Abstract: The article examines all of the extant hand-colored exemplars of the 1513 edition of Ptolemy’s Geography, whose maps were made by Martin Waldseemüller, in an effort to identify the coloring scheme intended by the creators of the edition. Almost half of the existing exemplars were found to have essentially the same coloring scheme. Further, some remarks made by Waldseemüller about the coloring of maps, as well as some experiments with color printing of maps in the 1513 edition of Ptolemy, allow the identification of this scheme as the workshop scheme. The results shed light not only on Waldseemüller’s workshop practices and early modern hand-coloring techniques, but also on the cartographic and aesthetic philosophy behind the coloring of these maps. Résumé: Cet article examine tous les exemplaires colorés à la main de l’édition de 1513 de la Géographie de Ptolémée, dont les cartes ont été réalisées par Martin Waldseemüller, dans le but d’identifier le schéma de coloration établi par les créateurs de l’édition. Près de la moitié des exemplaires existants présentaient essentiellement le même schéma de coloration. De plus, certaines remarques de Waldseemüller à propos de la coloration des cartes, ainsi que des expérimentations d’impression de cartes en couleur pour l’édition de 1513 de Ptolémée, permettent d’identifier ce schéma comme étant celui de l’atelier. Les résultats mettent non seulement en lumière les pratiques qui étaient celles de l’atelier de Waldseemüller et les techniques de coloration à la main de cette époque, mais également la philosophie cartographique et esthétique qui a influencé la coloration de ces cartes. Resumen: Este artículo examina todos los ejemplares coloreados a mano existentes de la edición de 1513 de la Geografía de Ptolomeo, cuyos mapas fueron realizados por Martin Waldseemüller, en un esfuerzo por sistematizar el esquema de coloración pretendido por los creadores de la edición. Observo en ellos que casi la mitad de los ejemplares existentes presentan esencialmente el mismo esquema de coloración. Además, a partir de ciertas observaciones hechas por Waldseemüller sobre la coloración de mapas, y de algunos experimentos con la impresión de mapas a color en la edición 1513 de Ptolomeo, identifico este esquema recurrente con el se utilizaba en su taller. Los resultados de esta investigación arrojan luz no solo sobre las prácticas del taller de Waldseemüller y sobre las primeras técnicas modernas de coloración de mapas a mano sino, también, sobre la filosofía cartográfica y estética que sustentó la coloración de estos mapas. Resumo: Este artigo aborda todos os exemplares coloridos à mão da edição de 1513 da Geografia de Ptolomeu, cujos mapas foram feitos por Martin Waldseemüller, num esforço para identificar o esquema de cores pretendido pelos criadores da edição. Quase metade dos exemplares existentes têm essencialmente o mesmo esquema de cores. Além disso, algumas observações feitas por Waldseemüller sobre a coloração de mapas, bem como algumas experiências com impressão a cores de mapas na edição de 1513 de Ptolomeu, permite a identificação deste esquema como o esquema de workshop. Os resultados lançam luz não apenas sobre as práticas dos workshops de Waldseemüller e sobre as técnicas modernas de coloração manual, mas também sobre a filosofia cartográfica e estética por detrás da coloração desses mapas. Zusammenfassung: Dieser Aufsatz untersucht alle erhaltenen von Hand kolorierten Exemplare der Ausgabe der Geographie des Ptolemaios von 1513, deren Karten von Martin Waldseemüller stammen, mit dem Ziel, das Farbenschema zu identifizieren, das die Hersteller der Edition intendierten. Beinahe die Hälfte der noch vorhandenen Exemplare wiesen im Wesentlichen ein identisches Farbenschema auf. Außerdem kann aus Bemerkungen, die Waldseemüller über das Kolorieren von Karten machte, sowie aus einigen Experimenten mit Farbdrucken von Karten in der Ptolemaios-Ausgabe von 1513 gefolgert werden, dass dieses Farbenschema im Atelier verwendet worden war. Die Ergebnisse sind nicht nur aufschlussreich für Waldseemüllers Vorgehensweise im Atelier und für frühneuzeitliche Techniken des Handkolorierens, sondern auch für die kartographische und ästhetische Philosophie, die hinter dem Kolorieren dieser Karten steckt.

In the following, we would like to present and describe a very interesting map, engraved in the XVII th or at the end of the XVI th century by a famous Dutch cartographer, engraver, and publisher: Pieter van der Keere (Petrus Kaerius). Born in Ghent in 1571, Van der Keere (1571-1646) developed his business in Amsterdam at the end of the XVI th century. The map described in our article is entitled Vetus Descriptio Daciarum nec non Moesiarum. The document is important for the history of cartography because it enable us to identify and comment upon the level of knowledge of Van der Keere about a region not so familiar to him. In fact, the map reflects a medieval version of the map of Ptolemy. This period is connected to the rediscovery of Ptolemy. Besides data from the famous work of the geographer born in Alexandria, Van der Keere included some interesting notations and details which reflect the middle Ages conceptions or geographical features invented in this period.

e- …, 2011

In 1700, Chrysanthos Notaras, a prominent scholar of 18 th c. Greek Enlightenment and later patriarch of Jerusalem, issued a twin hemispherical world map, which was the first printed map in Greek language, printed in Padua. A similar map, in smaller dimensions, printed the same year also in Padua was inserted in Notaras' geography book. In this paper, using digital processing and visualization techniques, we analyze Notaras' world map in comparison with Jan Luyts' World map of the same typology, printed in Utrecht in 1692, which was also inserted in a geography book. The similarities and the differences in the coastline and the toponyms are investigated and evaluated, concluding to the identification of the sources and the maps that Notaras used for the construction of his two 1700 maps.

2019

Excursions A visit to the HEK collection (Floria Benavides) Looks at books Cartografia e topografia italiana del XVI secolo. Catalogo ragionato delle opere a stampa by Stefano Bifolco and Fabrizio Ronca, with contributions from Andrea Cantile, Annalisa D’Ascenzo, Fabio Fatichenti – Gaia Andreozzi, Clemente Marigliani, Alessandro Signoretti (Wouter Bracke) Lost Maps of the Caliphs | Drawing the World in Eleventh-Century Cairo by Yossef Rapoport and Emilie Savage-Smith (Nicola Boothby) Mediterranean Cartographic Stories - Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century Masterpieces from the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation Collection edited by Panagiotis N. Doukellis (Luis A. Robles Macias) Pictures at an Exhibition The World as a Globe (Andrew Cookson) Coming face-to-face with maps – The world of C215 (Wulf Bodenstein) Miscellaneous The Brussels Map Circle as a study case - Interview with Diane Staelens (Jean-Christophe Staelens) News from Germany - 14th International Atlas Days break new ground (Wulf Bodenstein) News from London - IMCoS/Hellen Wallis award 2019 (Wulf Bodenstein) ICA-workshop in Utrecht - Controlling the waters : seas,lakes and rivers on historic maps and charts (Caroline De Candt) History and Cartography Ethnographic mapping in the light of the Peace Treaties (Rick Smit)

The Portolan, 2021

Rodney Shirley first published The Mapping of the World in 1983. Within that work, listed as map number 75, is an undated image of the world by Giovanni Vavassore, titled Tuto il Mondi Tereno. Shirley chose to give it a date of c. 1540, although he admitted that “it could have been prepared as early as the 1520s.” The purpose of this article is to examine this map further, postulate its origin, and suggest that it is based on Benedetto Bordone’s first Mappamondi of 1508

Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2014

In the following, we would like to present and describe a very interesting map, engraved in the XVII th or at the end of the XVI th century by a famous Dutch cartographer, engraver, and publisher: Pieter van der Keere (Petrus Kaerius). Born in Ghent in 1571, Van der Keere (1571-1646) developed his business in Amsterdam at the end of the XVI th century. The map described in our article is entitled Vetus Descriptio Daciarum nec non Moesiarum. The document is important for the history of cartography because it enable us to identify and comment upon the level of knowledge of Van der Keere about a region not so familiar to him. In fact, the map reflects a medieval version of the map of Ptolemy. This period is connected to the rediscovery of Ptolemy. Besides data from the famous work of the geographer born in Alexandria, Van der Keere included some interesting notations and details which reflect the middle Ages conceptions or geographical features invented in this period.

A detailed examination of the depictions and toponyms of the extant states of the Johannes Ruysch world map of 1508 reveals that the first depiction of the New World engraved onto the left-hand copperplate was based upon or derived from a map of the "King"-type design. Subsequent re-engravings of the different states of the map show incorporation of depictions and place-names from a map of the "Lusitano-Germanic" design-type. This is a complete reversal of the conclusion made by Henry Harrisse in 1892. A similarly close examination of the place-names cut into the wood blocks of the Martin Waldseemüller world map of 1507 [extant copy, 2nd state, c. 1515] and his "Carta Marina" of 1516 show that, after the initial woodcutting was completed, both maps were re-cut to incorporate place-names from another map, which was probably the Ruysch map.

Renaissance Quarterly, 2008

Imago temporis, 2022

Abstract: The anonymous manuscript world map known as the King-Hamy chart (San Marino, California, Huntington Library, HM 45) was ascribed a date of c. 1502 by one of its early owners, Ernest Hamy, in 1886, and a similar date has been accepted for the chart ever since. Yet a number of the chart’s features raise questions about this date. In fact, handwriting and other stylistic cues show it to have been made by the prolific Italian cartographer Battista Agnese, active from about 1536 to 1564. Agnese had made some historical maps in his manuscript atlases of the 1550s, and the King-Hamy map is revealed here to be not a map of the world made c. 1502 in the early stages of European expansion, as a historical map made by Agnese to show the image of the world held by Europeans in the early stages of the European expansion. Riassunto: L’anonima mappa del mondo manoscritta, conosciuta come carta King-Hamy (San Marino, California, Huntington Library, HM 45), è stata datata al 1502 ca da parte di uno dei suoi primi proprietari, Ernest Hamy, nel 1886, e da allora una data simile è stata accettata per la mappa. Tuttavia, alcune caratteristiche della mappa sollevano interrogativi su questa data: la scrittura infatti e altri spunti stilistici mostrano che essa è stata realizzata dal prolifico cartografo italiano Battista Agnese, attivo dal 1536 al 1564 circa. Agnese aveva realizzato alcune mappe storiche nei suoi atlanti manoscritti degli anni 1550, e la mappa King-Hamy risulta essere una mappa storica realizzata da Agnese per mostrare l’immagine del mondo detenuta dagli europei nelle prime fasi dell’espansione europea e non una mappa del mondo, realizzata nel 1502 ca, nelle prime fasi dell’espansione europea. Resumen: Al anónimo manuscrito mapa del mundo conocido como la carta náutica King-Hamy (San Marino, California, Huntington Library, HM 45) se le atribuyó la fecha de c. 1502 por parte de uno de sus primeros propietarios, Ernest Hamy, en 1886. Desde entonces, los investigadores aceptaron la fecha asignada al mapa. Sin embargo, varias de sus características permiten cuestionar su temporalidad. De hecho, la escritura a mano y otras señales estilísticas muestran que fue realizado por el prolífico cartógrafo italiano Battista Agnese, activo desde aproximadamente 1536 hasta 1564. Agnese había hecho algunos mapas históricos en sus atlas manuscritos de la década de 1550, y sustengo que el mapa King-Hamy no es un mapa del mundo hecho c. 1502 en las primeras etapas de la expansión europea, sino que más bien se trata de un mapa histórico elaborado por Agnese posteriormente para mostrar la imagen del mundo que tenían los europeos de durante las primeras etapas de la expansión europea. Resumo: Ernest Hamy, um dos primeiros proprietários do mapa-múndi manuscrito anónimo conhecido como carta náutica King-Hamy (San Marino, Califórnia, Huntington Library, HM 45), atribuiu a esta carta de marear, em 1886, a data de c. 1502, e uma data semelhante foi desde então aceite. Todavia, vários elementos da carta levantam questões sobre esta data. De facto, a caligrafia e outras marcas estilísticas mostram que terá sido feita pelo prolífico cartógrafo italiano Battista Agnese, ativo desde cerca de 1536 a 1564. Agnese fez alguns mapas históricos nos seus atlas manuscritos da década de 1550, e o mapa King-Hamy é revelado não como um mapa do mundo feito c. 1502 nos estágios iniciais da expansão europeia, mas como um mapa histórico feito por Agnese para mostrar a imagem do mundo dos europeus nos primeiros estádios da expansão europeia. Résumé: La carte du monde manuscrite et anonyme connue sous le nom de carte King-Hamy (San Marino, Californie, Huntington Library, HM 45) a été datée d'environ 1502 par l’un de ses premiers propriétaires, Ernest Hamy, en 1886, et une datation similaire a depuis été acceptée pour la carte. Pourtant, un certain nombre de ses caractéristiques soulèvent des questions en rapport avec cette datation. En effet, l'écriture manuscrite et d'autres indices stylistiques suggèrent qu'elle a plutôt été créée par le prolifique cartographe italien Battista Agnese, qui travailla d'environ 1536 à 1564. Agnese a créé des cartes historiques dans ses atlas manuscrits des années 1550 et cet article montre que la carte King-Hamy n’est pas une carte du monde créée aux alentours de 1502, c’est-à-dire durant les premières étapes de l'expansion européenne, mais une carte historique réalisée par Agnese pour donner une image du monde détenue par les Européens au début de leur expansion. Zusammenfassung: Der anonymen Manuskript-Weltkarte, die als King-Hamy-Karte bekannt ist (San Marino, Kalifornien, Huntington Library, HM 45), wurde auf ca. 1502 datiert von einem seiner frühen Besitzer, Ernest Hamy, im Jahr 1886, und ein ähnliches Datum wurde seitdem für die Karte akzeptiert. Einige Merkmale der Karte werfen jedoch Fragen zu diesem Datum auf. Tatsächlich die Handschrift und andere stilistische Hinweise, dass sie von dem produktiven italienischen Kartographen Battista Agnese angefertigt wurden, der zwischen 1536 und 1564 tätig war. Agnese hatte in seinen Manuskriptatlanten der 1550er Jahre einige historische Karten angefertigt, und die King-Hamy-Karte ist es hier offenbart, keine Karte der Welt gemacht zu sein c. 1502 in den frühen Stadien der europäischen Expansion, aber als historische Karte von Agnese, um das Bild der Welt zu zeigen, das die Europäer in den frühen Stadien der europäischen Expansion hatten.