Urbano Monte World Map
Like the inaugural conference in 2017 it will take place at the david rumsey map center at stanford university this time from october 10 to 12 gender is the theme of this year s conference.
Urbano monte world map. Quote from a commet i made elsewhere. And when placed together it stretches out a little over 10 feet. Urbano monte s 1587 map of the planisphere is owned by the map collector david rumsey whose entire collection is available online for viewing on his website. One of the most interesting interpretations of the freemasonic number 33 i ve heard comes from author tracy twyman.
The color atlas of the world created by the cartographer urbano monte years of life 1544 1613 430 years ago in 1587 recently scanned and the famous collector david rumsey david ramsey completed the restoration and digitization of an ancient atlas of the globe better known as the urbano monte map created in 1587. For over 400 years urbano monte s color world map was spread out over 60 individual pages. It consists of 60 manuscript sheets designed to be assembled into a map on a north polar projection more than three meters in diameter. Photographs courtesy of david rumsey map collection the map is made up of 60 individual sheets like.
The 2019 edition of the biennial barry lawrence ruderman conference on cartography has been announced. It was hand drawn by monte in milan italy and only one other manuscript copy exists. In this talk chet van duzer will discuss a spectacular italian world map made in 1587 by the milanese noble urbano monte. Full resolution images of.
In the real world urbano monte s 1587 map of the world exists as a series of 60 manuscript sheets designed to be assembled into a large world map one that would be at 10 feet square the largest early world map known to exist. Notice also that the urbano monte world map that you show above has an 8 pointed star in the centre which is the same 8 pointed star seen on a compass. Urbano monte s enormous 1587 map is a unique vision of the world as he knew it. For this year s meeting all the papers will focus on the relationship between gender sexuality and cartography.
An extraordinary 60 sheet manuscript world map made in 1587 by urbano monte has been added to the david rumsey map collection at stanford university.