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Identifier
metapth251670
Description
Ruscelli’s 1561 map of New Spain was an enlarged copy of fellow Venetian Giacomo Gastaldi’s 1548 map of New Spain, but with a major difference: Ruscelli’s map showed Yucatan correctly as a peninsula, not an island. Both were New World addendum maps for “modern” editions of the 2nd century Greek geographer Claudius Ptolemy’s book on geography. [Gift of Virginia Garrett]
Archival Date
1561
Location
128/12
Collection Name
Cartographic Connections
Collection Number
00384
Publisher
University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Original Format
Map
File Format
JPG
Rights
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Subjects
New Spain; Texas; Mexico; Florida; Cuba
Item Type
image
Names
Ruscelli, Girolamo (1518-1566)
Subjects
New Spain; Texas; Mexico; Florida; Cuba