Acquired From: Leen Helmink
Colouring: Uncoloured
Condition: Excellent
Confirmed: 4/10/2024
Date Acquired: 25/11/2015
Dealers ID No.: WBL028
Description: In 1571, King Philip II commissioned Juan Lopez de Velacso to compile a comprehensive account of Spains overseas territories. Four years later, Velacso completed his Universal geography and description of the Indies (Geografía y descripción universal de las Indias) in manuscript. This work was accompanied by twenty-three maps, all of which have since been lost. nIn 1580, Velasco produced a shorter version of this work titled Demarcación y divición de las Indias (Commonly referred to as the Sumario). It version included a map titled Demarcacion y nauegaciones de Yndias (Demarcation and Navigation of the Indies).nThe map remained largely unknown until 1601, when it was incorporated into Antonio de Herreras Descripción de las Indias, the geographical introduction to his monumental Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos en las Islas y tierra firme del mar océano, (commonly referred to as the Décadas). The Décadas gained significant popularity and were reprinted several times. With these editions, the map was also re-issued, becoming a well-recognized visual representation of the Spanish Empire. nThe known published versions of the map: n 1601 Herrera: Text in the South Pacific within a cartouche, size 225 x 320 mm.n 1622 Herrera: Text in the South Pacific without a cartouche, size 220 x 315 mm.n 1623 De Bry: Two sections of text in both German and Latin in the South Pacific, size 175 x 300 mm.n 1623 Hulsius: Reduced in size, size 130 x 185 mm.n 1723 Torquemada: Diagram of climatic zones in the lower left and a signature added in the lower right corner, size 225 x 320 mm.n 1726 Rodríguez: Signature removed and shading added in the Gulf of California, size 240 x 300 mm nThis map is featured Zwolffter Theil der Newen Welt (Twelfth Part of the New World), the twelfth volume of the 1623 German edition of India Occidentalis by the De Bry family. This volume focuses specifically on the New World (the Americas). The map depicts the Americas and the Pacific Ocean, including the Papal Line of Demarcation, which divided the newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal under the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas.nThe map serves as a piece of imperial propaganda, reflecting the extent of Spanish exploration and colonial interests during the period. It inaccurately places the Philippines and the Moluccas (Spice Islands) approximately 40 degrees too far eastan error likely influenced by Spains desire to emphasize its territorial claims in these contested regions, despite ongoing boundary disputes with Portugal.nThe text in the South Pacific, presented in both Latin and German, translates to:n"What has been discovered by voyages between these two marked meridians or lines, on land and water, is assigned to the Castilians."n(German: Was zwischen diesen beiden gezeichneten Meridianen oder Linien zu Land und Wasser durch Schifffahrten entdeckt, ist den Castilianern zuerkannt)
Engraver: De Bry, Johann
First published: Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de Descripción de las Indias Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1601
Image Size (cm): 30×17.5
Mapmaker: Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de
Price: 750
Primary Category: Americas
Purchase Reference: Ledger 2022. Inv. 2015-007
Rarity: R3 Uncommon – dealers can usually obtain a copy
References: Ricardo Padrón, A Sea of Denial: The Early Modern Spanish Invention of the Pacific Rim, Hispanic Review 77, no. 1 (2009): 127.
Sheet size (cm): 31.5×21.5
Technique: Copper Engraving
This state: 1623, German edition
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