Carta particolare che comincia con il capo S. Andrea è finiscie con il capo Matas d'America

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IdentifierMaps_35bDate1646DescriptionThis map is from the first edition of Robert Dudley's Dell' Arcano del Mare, Florence, 1646. It was engraved by Antonio Francesco Lucini and shows the coast of Argentina from latitude 36 degrees south to 48 degrees south. Dudley's Dell'Arcano del mare was the most important of the seventeenth-century sea atlases. Although published in Italy, it was the first sea atlas by an Englishman. It was also the first to use Mercator's projection for all its charts and the first to contain a selection of charts of American areas.

A second edition of the atlas appeared in Florence in 1661. There were no significant changes as the publisher used the same plates. The only difference was the addition of the cypher "L6" at the end of the imprint on most of the charts in the atlas. The library has examples of charts from both editions.Language NoteItalianSubjectArgentina--MapsShips in artCopyright StatementNo Copyright – Non-Commercial Use OnlySize36.5x48 centimeters.CartographerRobert Dudley

CollectionMary Moody Northen Maritime History Collection

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Carta particolare che comincia con il capo S. Andrea è finiscie con il capo Matas d'America