Martin Waldseemüller's 'Carta Marina' Of 1516 : : Study and Transcription of the Long Legends.

• Author: Van Duzer, Chet.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2019.; {copy}2020.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (155 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction to the Carta Marina -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Martin Waldseemüller and His Works -- 1.3 Comparing and Contrasting the 1507 and 1516 Maps -- 1.4 Waldseemüller's Textual Sources on the Carta Marina -- 1.5 The Carta Marina's Iconographical Program, and Its Sources -- 1.6 The Development of Waldseemüller's Cartographic Thought -- 1.7 The Cutting of the Woodblocks for the Carta Marina -- 1.8 Evidence for the Diffusion of the Carta Marina -- 2 The Long Legends: Transcription, Translation, and Commentary -- 2.1 Sheet 1. North America, Caribbean, North Atlantic (Plate 2.1) -- 2.2 Sheet 2. Newfoundland and Europe (Plate 2.2) -- 2.3 Sheet 3. Northern Asia (Plate 2.3) -- 2.4 Sheet 4. Northeastern Asia (Plate 2.4) -- 2.5 Sheet 5. Northern South America and the Caribbean (Plate 2.5) -- 2.6 Sheet 6. Western Africa (Plate 2.6) -- 2.7 Sheet 6A. Western Africa (Plate 2.6A) -- 2.8 Sheet 7. East Africa, the Red Sea, Arabia, and the Western Indian Ocean (Plate 2.7) -- 2.9 Sheet 8. Southern India and Southeast Asia (Plate 2.8) -- 2.10 Sheet 9. Cartouches in the Map's Southwest Corner (Plate 2.9) -- 2.11 Sheet 10. Southern South America and the South Atlantic (Plate 2.10) -- 2.12 Sheet 11. Southern Africa and the Southwestern Indian Ocean (Plate 2.11) -- 2.13 Sheet 12. The Southern Indian Ocean (Plate 2.12).