Giacomo Gastaldi

Lot 467: [New World]. Giacomo Gastaldi. Tierra Nueva.

Name: [New World]. Giacomo Gastaldi. Tierra Nueva.
Brand: Quinn's Auction Galleries
SKU: wiep1iyb9q

Est: $2,000 USD - $3,000 USD

Quinn's Auction GalleriesFalls Church, VA, USNovember 13, 2008

Item Overview

Description

[New World]. Giacomo Gastaldi. Tierra Nueva. Double-page copper engraving from ''La Geografia di Claudio Ptolomeo Alessandrino....'' Venice: 1548, the first edition of Ptolemy to include regional maps of North America. 4 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches on 6 5/8 x 7 3/4 inch sheet. Later, skillful hand-colored. Right side of verso has Italian text headed ''Della Terra Nova / del Bacalaos,'' plate number ''56.'' Based largely on discoveries of Giovanni di Verrazano's 1524 voyage, which included ''Larcadia'' (portions of North Carolina's coast); New York Harbor (where Verrazano remained for a day, naming it ''Angoulesme''); south coast of Long Island (labelled ''Flora''); and Narragansett Bay (''p : Refuge''), where Verrazano and his crew remained for 2 weeks. Also infuenced by discoveries of Jacques Cartier's 1st voyage (1534). First map of the North American East Coast to be issued in a published book, from the Carolinas to Labrador, and the first map to include Bermuda, discovered by Juan de Bermudez in 1515. The label for New England, ''Tierra de Nuremberg,'' appears here for the first time, derived from the Abnaki name for the area between two rapids. Burden 16. Nordenskjold 28, 40. Shirley 87. Potter p38. Suarez 25. Moreland & Bannister p66. Rare.

Artist or Maker

Giacomo Gastaldi

Condition Report

Very good condition.

Auction Details

Fine Books, Maps & Atlases

Quinn's Auction Galleries

November 13, 2008, 06:30 PM EST

431 N. Maple Avenue, Falls Church, VA, 22046-4203, US

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