Collection: Osher Sheet Map Collection

Title: Tierra Nveva

Title Translation: The New World

Barcode: 342

Creator: Gastaldi, Giacomo (approximately 1500 -1565), Ptolemy active 2nd century,

Printmaker: Sanuto, Livio (1520 -1576), Sanuto, Giulio

Publisher: Ruscelli, Girolamo

Publishing Location: Venice

Region Depicted: Atlantic Coast (U.S.) · Eastern Canada · Ontario · Newfoundland and Labrador · Nova Scotia · New England · Florida · Georgia · South Carolina · North Carolina · Virginia · Maryland · Delaware · Pennsylvania · New Jersey · New York (State) · Connecticut · Rhode Island · Massachusetts · Vermont · New Hampshire · Maine · Middle Atlantic States · Atlantic States · Maritime Provinces · Bermuda Islands · Atlantic Ocean · Québec (Province)

Date Produced: 1598

Date Published: 1598

Language: Italian

Subjects: Atlantic Coast (U.S.) · Canada, Eastern · Atlantic States · Atlantic Ocean · Gastaldi, Giacomo, approximately 1500-approximately 1565 · Ptolemy, active 2nd century · Sanuto, Livio, 1520-1576 · Sanuto, Giulio, 1540-1580 · Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565 · Maps--Early works to 1800

Map Type: Geographical

Dimensions: 19 x 25 cm. on sheet 24 x 32 cm.

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper, Letterpress

Material Type: Paper

Notes: Appears in Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's "Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino," 1598. Above title: "Descrittione dell'America Libro Quatro 128"

Brief Description: Map of eastern North America and the Atlantic Ocean

Physical Description: 1 map: colored, illustrated

Theme: From Colonies to Local Control: Mapping North America, 1494 to 1867

Associated Map Imagery: Sea Monster, 1598, Tierra Nveva, Ship, 1598, Tierra Nveva

Collection/Donor: Osher

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/342.0001