Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Uncoloured
Condition: Excellent
Confirmed: No
Date Acquired: 25/07/2022
Description: Martin Waldseemüllers modern world map, Orbis typus universalis iuxta hydrographorum traditionem also known as the Admirals map was first published in 1513 and republished in 1520 by Johann Schott. It was positioned at the beginning of a section of twenty modern maps that complemented the twenty-seven Ptolemaic maps in Waldseemüllers Geography.nIn 1522, Johann Grüninger acquired the woodblocks used for Waldseemüllers maps from Schott to create a smaller edition of the atlas. Edited by Lorenz Fries, this new version simplified and reduced the size of the original maps, including Waldseemüllers world map. Friess map, titled Universal Depiction of the World According to the Traditions of Hydrographers, features his initials, L. F., along with the date 1522. It depicts South America, which is labelled America. In the northwest, he adds Baroia (Gulf of Venezuela), Canibales (Cannibals) to the east, and to the south, Caput S. cru[ns] (Cape of the Holy Cross), a name attributed to Portuguese King Manuel I when Pedro Álvares Cabral reached the Brazilian coast in 1500. The map also includes the Caribbean islands Spagnolla (Haiti/Dominican Republic) and Isabella (Cuba), first discovered by Christopher Columbus thirty years before the maps publication. In Southeast Asia, Fries shows only Java Minor and two other islands, Peuta and Seylam, while Java Maior (Java) is incorrectly placed next to Madagascar in the middle of the Indian Ocean, reflecting geographical misconceptions of the time. nFriess atlas was a commercial success, and in 1525 an improved edition was issued with revised text by the Nuremberg humanist Willibald Pirkheimer. After Grüninger's death around 1531, his son Christoph continued the business, eventually selling the materials for the Geography to Lyon-based publishers Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel. The Trechsel brothers published a joint edition in 1535, followed by a solo edition by Gaspar in 1541.nThis map comes from the 1535 Trechsel edition, notable for being the only version to feature a decorative title scroll above the map. Directional lines criss-cross the surface of the map and the outer frame features banners naming the winds, connected by looped coils of rope. The left and bottom borders provide latitudinal and longitudinal markings, while four bold lines mark the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, the Equator, and the Arctic Circle.
Engraver: Fries, Lorenz (ca. 1490-1532)
First published: Geographia Strasbourg: Johann Grüninger, 1522
Image Size (cm): 48×31
Mapmaker: Fries, Lorenz (ca. 1490-1532)
Notes: Purchase details
Other states: Firsts (1522), Second 1525 (Strasbourg) and Fourth 1541 (Vienne, Dauphiné)
Price: 7800
Primary Category: World
Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market
References: Karrow (1993), Lorenz Fries
Sheet size (cm): 52.8×38.5
Shirley ID #: 48 Mapping the World
Technique: Woodcut
This state: 1535, Third
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