Map Juan de la Cosa map, 1500

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About this Item

Title

  • Juan de la Cosa map, 1500

Names

  • Cosa, Juan de la, -1510, cartographer
  • Torbert, John B., draftsman
  • National Geographic Society (U.S.), contributor

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.] : John B. Torber, [1893]

Headings

  • -  Earth (Planet)

Genre

  • World maps
  • Manuscript maps
  • Portolan charts
  • Early maps
  • Facsimiles

Notes

  • -  Pen-and-ink on tracing linen.
  • -  "Nat. Geog. Mag. vol. V, 1893, pl. 4."
  • -  Description of original: Map of Juan de la Cosa, Museo Naval, Madrid. A manuscript portolan chart assembled from two seperate vellum charts, one showing the old world and one showing the new world, drawn at different scales. A notation in Spanish on an edge of the map indicates that it was created by Juan de la Cosa in the port of Santa Maria in 1500.
  • -  vcFY24

Medium

  • 1 manuscript map : cloth ; 238 x 96 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3200 1500 .C6 1893c

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024592848

Online Format

  • image

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Cosa, Juan De La, -1510, Cartographer, John B Torbert, and U.S National Geographic Society. Juan de la Cosa map. [Washington, D.C.: John B. Torber, 1893] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024592848/.

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Cosa, J. D. L., Torbert, J. B. & National Geographic Society, U. S. (1893) Juan de la Cosa map. [Washington, D.C.: John B. Torber] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024592848/.

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Cosa, Juan De La, -1510, Cartographer, John B Torbert, and U.S National Geographic Society. Juan de la Cosa map. [Washington, D.C.: John B. Torber, 1893] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024592848/>.