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These maps feature three different styles:
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1.“Carta Quarta Generale di Europa” (19.5” x 14”, 1646). This is one of the larger scale, generalized (“Carta Generale”) maps and shows the West coast of France, southward from La Rochelle, and the Northern coast of Spain. This is the least ornate of the styles adopted by Dudley with no adornment other than the cartouche and a compass rose and fairly plain calligraphy. |
| The next five maps represent the majority of the smaller scale, more specific (“Carta Particolare”) maps and include sailing ships, notes on prevailing winds and currents and more stylized calligraphy. | |
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2. “Carta Particolare del mare del Zur che comincia
con el Capo S.Francisco nel Peru e finisce con il Capo S.Lazaro nella
Nuove Spagnia” (29” x 19”, 1661). This double sheet map shows the
West coast of America from Costa Rica to Ecuador together with a short
stretch of the East coast of Panama.
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3. “Carta Particolare della Costa Australe scoperta
dall’Ollandesi” (15” x 18”, 1646). This, according to Tooley, is
“the first separately printed map of Australia” and is therefore much
sought after. It shows, in addition to the West side of the Cape York
peninsula, much of the island of New Guinea. By labeling the Torres
Strait “Golfo Incognito” Dudley leaves open the question of whether
New Guinea is connected to the Southern continent.
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4. “Carta Particolare dell’ Rio d’Amazone con la
costa sin al fiume Maranhan.” 1646. Dudley’s magnificent map shows
the mouth of the Amazon River.
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5. “Carta particolare che comincia con l’Isola di
S. Tomaso o Tome…..Clara e finisce con Il c. d’Aldeas". This
map of the shoreline of the African Congo includes an elegrant cartouche,
and islands off the coastline.
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6. “Carta particolare della Brasilia Australe che comincia dal’ Poro del Spirito Santo e finisce con il capo Bianco". A strip of the southern Brazil coastline. Included are Sao Paulo and the area later to become Rio de Janeiro. This includes some of the most peciliar representations of mountains near the coastline found on any Dudley map. |
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7. Untitled. The seventh map is one of only two in the atlas which have no title but instead dedications to the Grand Duke and, in this case, the Grand Duchess, of Tuscany, Dudley’s patrons. This is another double page map (29” x 19”) and probably comes from the 1646 edition. These two maps are probably different because they are the only ones where Dudley was able to use his own observations as they cover the North East coast of South America, the area he visited in 1594. This map shows the coasts of French Guiana, Guyana and a small portion of Brazil. Considerably more elaborate than the others, this map includes soundings and numerous illustrations, namely: two ships, a canoe, two magnificent sea monsters, a (?) puma and two natives. It also has a legend stating that Monoa - more often known as El Dorado – is only 12 days journey up-river from the coast ! ***SOLD*** |
