Map: Navigation of Aeneas the Trojan

1988.07.0015

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Artifact Identification Map: Navigation of Aeneas the Trojan   (1988.07.0015)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Purchas, Samuel: Author (1575-1625) after writings by Richard Hakluyt Jodocus Hondius: Cartographer (1563-1612) Printed by William Stansby (1572-1638) for Henry Fetherstone
Geographic Location
Period/Date Reformation, 1625 CE
Culture European

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 33.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 21.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) <0.1 cm
Weight 32 g
Measuring Remarks Weighed in plastic casing.
Materials Paper, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Hand Coloring, Printing
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. "Aeneae Troiani Navigatio" by Samuel Purchas with map by Jodocus Hondius. London: 1625.

Bibliography

Rare Book Library at the University of Sydney. Online Exhibition: "Origins of Modernity; Travel Literature." Samuel Purchas.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication The Seymour and Muriel Yale Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire and Other Middle East States
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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