Lot 283
  • 283

North Atlantic--[Medina, Pedro de.

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Description

  • Untitled map of the North Atlantic. Venice: G.B. Pedrezzano, 1554], 117 x 173mm., full-page woodcut map, Italian text on the verso, light staining affecting the bottom left corner

Literature

Burden, Mapping of North America 21

Catalogue Note

Scarce woodcut map of the North Atlantic after Medina, who had travelled to the Americas with Hernan Cortes, before being appointed to collate navigation information collected by ships’ crews on their return to Spain. This example is from the first Italian edition of the Arte del Navegar.