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).