Calques et fac-similes : l'anciennes cartes sur l'Amerique avant 1550 surtout / Henry Harrisse. [ca. 1870-ca. 1910]

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Calques et fac-similes : l'anciennes cartes sur l'Amerique avant 1550 surtout / Henry Harrisse. [ca. 1870-ca. 1910]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57754599

Collection of maps used by historian and bibliographer Henry Harrisse in preparing his works on the history of cartography. Chiefly comprised of 19th-century pen-and-ink tracings and printed facsimiles of 16th-century manuscript and printed maps of America; many are annotated with his notes. Source maps dated 1467-1890 (bulk 1500-1560). Includes partial reproductions of the 1511 Lenox globe at the New York Public Library, a Catalan portolan atlas at the Bibliothèque municipale du Havre, and maps variously compiled by Benedetto Bordon, Sebastian Cabot, Nicolo di Caverio, Juan de la Cosa, the Dépôt général de la marine (France), Lieut. De Courcelle, Pierre Desceliers, Claudio Duchetti, Oronce Fine, Nuno Garcia de Toreño, Diego Gutiérrez, Johann Hauer, Sr. de La Boulaye, Leonardo da Vinci, Vesconte Maggiolo, Bartolomeo Oliva, Ptolemy, Diego Ribero, Johannes Ruysch, Alonso de Santa Cruz, Johann Schöner, Giovanni Andrea Valvassori, and Bartolomeo Velho. Also includes an undated letter to Harrisse from historian Henry Vignaud and printed map facsimiles autographed by geographer and explorer A.E. Nordenskiöld.

45 maps (1 folder and 2 oversize boxes) : ms., photocopies ; on sheets 73 x 92 cm.

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Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Map Collection (Newberry Library)

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Oliva, Bartolomeo, fl. 1538-1588.

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Caverio, Nicolo di

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Nordenskiöld, A. E. (Adolf Erik), 1832-1901

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President of the Copenhagen Chamber of Commerce. From the description of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld letter to Moritz G. Melchior [manuscript], 1880 Jun. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 176633117 ...

Bibliothèque municipale du Havre.

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Ptolemy, active 2nd century

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Duchetti, Claudio 1554-1597

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Gutiérrez, Diego, approximately 1485-1554

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Valvassori, Giovanni Andrea, fl. 1510-1572.

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Schöner, Johann, 1477-1547.

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Maggiolo, Vesconte, active 1504-1549

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Maggiolo was a sixteenth-century Italian cartographer, whose family monopolized map-making in the Republic of Genoa for over a century and a half. He specialized in producing manuscript nautical charts. From the description of [Portolan chart of the Mediterranean] : manuscript, 1513 Aug. 29. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612771143 ...

Garcia de Toreño, Nuno, fl. 1522-1525.

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Desceliers, Pierre, active 1537-1574

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Bordoni, Benedetto, 14..-1539

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Cosa, Juan de la, -1510

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Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519

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France. Dépôt général de la marine.

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Ruysch, Johannes, -1533

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Finé, Oronce, 1494-1555

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Cabot, Sebastian, approximately 1474-1557

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Vignaud, Henry, 1830-1922

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Henry Vignaud, born in New Orleans, La., was a newspaper editor before the Civil War. Commissioned a captain in the 6th Louisiana Regiment, he was taken prisoner when Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862 but escaped to Paris, where he assisted in John Slidell's Confederate mission. Vignaud contined to live in Paris, serving as secretary of the American legation from 1875 until his retirement in 1909. A scholar and book collector, Vignaud built an extensive library of Americana and gained an...

Velho, Bartolomeo, fl. 1561-1568.

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De Courcelle, Lieut., fl. ca. 1675.

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Hauer, Johann, 1586-1660

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Santa Cruz, Alonso ˜deœ 1505-1567

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Ribero, Diego, -1533

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La Boulaye, de, Sr., fl. ca. 1695.

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Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910

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Harrisse, native of France, bibliographer, historian, and author of books, pamphlets, and articles mostly relating to early American history and exploration, came to America in the 1840s, taught in South Carolina and at the University of North Carolina, practiced law in Chicago and New York until 1870, and then returned to France. From the description of Henry Harrisse papers, 1855-1910 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24864145 Henry Harrisse (1829-1910), native of France, ...