Benedetto di BORDONE (1460-1531) [World Map]. 1547. 62321 Antwerp: c

Antwerp: c

north of Japan is Terre de Jedso

Ascensión also published descriptions of the insular geography in Juan Torquemada’s Monarquia Indiana (1613) (with the island details curtailed somewhat) and in his own Relación breve of ca

Original drawing with pen and pencil

local history (including the spot where De Soto discovered the Mississippi in 1541)

Benedetto di BORDONE (1460-1531) [World Map]. 1547. 62321 Antwerp: cBenedetto di BORDONE (1460 1531) [World Map] Venice, 1528 1547 Double page woodcut world map on an oval projection from Bordones Isolario Sheet: 11 14 x 15 This early and influential world map by Benedetto di Bordone reflects the evolving European understanding of global geography during the Age of Exploration. Originally published in Isolario, a groundbreaking collection of island maps and descriptions, the map captures the spirit of discovery in the