Book ID: CBB579292077

Una terra oltre le stelle. Il planisfero di Martin Waldseemüller (2023)

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Camerota, Filippo (Author)


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Publication Date: 2023
Physical Details: 144 pp.
Language: Italian

Il nome “America” compare per la prima volta su una mappa in un planisfero tedesco del 1507. Il suo autore era il cartografo Martin Waldseemüller e il suo titolo rimandava a una “Cosmografia universale secondo la tradizione di Tolomeo e le navigazioni di Amerigo Vespucci e altri”. A questa carta è dedicato il primo volume di una serie – “Orientamenti”, concepita in collaborazione con il Museo Galileo di Firenze – dedicata alla cartografia storica, ambito poco frequentato dall’editoria ma ricco di informazioni storiche, curiosità, tracce di idee e credenze e di raffigurazioni spettacolari dal punto di vista artistico. In questo caso la fama del planisfero – unico superstite di una tiratura di dodici, conservato alla Libreria del Congresso di Washington – è legata al fatto di presentare per la prima volta un toponimo che risuonerà nei secoli in tutto il globo, America. È lì che inizia la fine della tradizionale tripartizione del mondo, è l’arrivo del Mondo Nuovo. [Abstract translated by DeepL.com/Translator: This is the abstract in English… The name "America" first appeared on a map in a 1507 German planisphere. Its author was cartographer Martin Waldseemüller and its title referred to a "Universal Cosmography according to the tradition of Ptolemy and the navigations of Amerigo Vespucci and others." Dedicated to this map is the first volume of a series - "Orientamenti," conceived in collaboration with the Museo Galileo in Florence - devoted to historical cartography, a sphere little frequented by publishers but rich in historical information, curiosities, traces of ideas and beliefs, and artistically spectacular depictions. In this case, the fame of the planisphere-the only survivor of a run of twelve, preserved at the Library of Congress in Washington-is linked to the fact that it presents for the first time a place-name that will resonate throughout the centuries across the globe, America. It is there that the end of the traditional tripartition of the world begins; it is the arrival of the New World.]

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Authors & Contributors
Van Duzer, Chet A.
Hessler, John W.
Cattaneo, Angela
Cormack, Lesley B.
Gaspar, Joaquim Alves
Horst, Thomas
Journals
Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
Terrae Incognitae
Cartographica Helvetica
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Journal of Early Modern History
Geostorie, Bolletino e Notiziario del Centro Italiano per gli Studi Storico-Geografici
Publishers
Brill
Cambridge University Press
Brepols
Carocci Editore
Levenger Press
Library of Congress. In association with D. Giles Ltd.
Concepts
Maps; atlases
Cartography
Geography
Cosmography
Science and art
Visual representation; visual communication
People
Waldseemüller, Martin
Mercator, Gerardus
Danti, Egnazio
Dürer, Albrecht
Mauro, Fra
Münster, Sebastian
Time Periods
16th century
Renaissance
Ancient
Medieval
Early modern
15th century
Places
Italy
Americas
Egypt
France
Germany
Netherlands
Institutions
Observatoire de Paris
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