Nueva Hispania Tabula Nova (New Map of New Spain)
Artist
Girolamo Ruscelli
(Italian)
Date1598
Mediumcopper engraving on paper
Dimensions7 × 9 1/2 in. (17.8 × 24.1 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase in honor of Dr. James C. Moore
Object numberPC2005.37.1
DescriptionThis map is a 1598 edition of Girolamo Ruscelli's Nueva Hispania Tabula Nova, published in Venice. It is an early interpretation of the geography in the South of America and Mexico and contains the names of different towns along the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, here labeled the South Sea. Hills and small turreted buildings mark hills and inhabited communities respectively. It is uncolored with full original margins and the top is slightly trimmed. It is printed on handmade rag-laid paper with a solid line across the upper middle of the map.On View
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