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La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

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La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congress scan

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In verse.
Sometimes incorrectly ascribed to Gregorio's nephew, Leonardo Dati, according to Goff, citing GW.
No signatures.
LC copy has marginal color wash pen-and-ink illustrations, including astronomical, meteorological, and geographical images of the world, with portolan-like maps of the Mediterranean coastline integrated into the text.
Goff D-50
Hain 6029
Reichling 1190
GW 8016 (variations)
IGI 3320
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Formerly classified: Incun. X .D23

During the Medieval period, European maps were dominated by religious views. All maps were, of course, drawn and illuminated by hand, which made the distribution of maps extremely limited. Medieval geography divided the world into three schematic parts: Asia, Europe, and Africa. Asia was depicted on top as the birthplace of Christ and the original site of the Garden of Eden. A T-O map (orbis terrarum, orb or circle of the lands; with the letter T inside an O), also known as an Isidoran map, is a type of early world map that represents the physical world as first described by the 7th-century scholar Isidore of Seville in his De Natura Rerum and later his Etymologiae. In this map format, Jerusalem was depicted at the center and east was oriented toward the map top. The design had great religious significance, with the “T” representing the central Christian symbol of the cross and placing Jerusalem at the center of the world. The “T” also separated the continents of the known world—Asia, Europe, and Africa—and the “O” that enclosed the entire image, represented the medieval idea of the world surrounded by water.

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01/01/1475
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Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436.
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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