Live Breaking News & Updates on Sinus Magnus

Stay updated with breaking news from Sinus magnus. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Benedict Arias Montanus Sacrae Geographiae Tabulam Ex Antiquissimorum Cultor.: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps


  1572 (dated)    
    1 : 12900000
Description
This is a scarce and important 1571 map of the world by Benedict Arias Montanus. Finely engraved and prepared for the eight-volume
Plantin Polyglot Bible, this elegant map was intended to bring the new discoveries of the Americas into a coherent religious context. It further established the Native American population as Hebrew descendants of Noah, and thus Children of God whom the dedicatee of the
Polyglot, Philip II of Spain, was obliged to convert. Although its alleged revelations of Australian geography have long been the map s
cause celebre, these are overshadowed by the map s actual significance as a cartographic justification of Spanish Imperialism. ....

Israel General , United States , United Kingdom , Hudson River , Haute Normandie , Saint Lawrence , Castillay Leóp , Benedictus Montanus , Benito Arias Montano , Marco Polo , Ruscelli Montanu , Arias Montanus , Francis Drake , Abraham Ortelius , Littus Incognitum , Ruscelli Modelmontanus , Australis Nondum Cognita , King Solomon , Benedict Arias Montanus , University Of Washington , British Library , Dieppe School Maps , Princeton University , Escorial Library , Dieppe School , Israel Museum ,