Magini, Giovanni Antonio
1598

Asia and U.S. West Coast- Tartariae Imperium

Descrittione del Potentissimo Imperio della Tartaria - Tartariae Imperium

DESCRIPTION: Very old antique map of China, Japan, Russia, and the West Coast of the United States : "Americae vel Novi Orbis Pars" by G.A. Magini ca. 1598. California is identified by name and is shown attached to the continent. Alaska and Canada are truncated with the coast of North America shown trending to the North rather than to the West. Above North America the Scythian Ocean "Oceanus Scythicus" extends to the Arctic Circle. There is a hint of the Mississippi River drainage but it is greatly misplaced to the West and empties into the "Mar Vermeio" or Vermillion Sea. Also mis-identified is the "Stretto di Anian", part of the much sought after but elusive Northwest Passage. North of Japan, in the vicinity of the Bering Sea, not discovered at that time, the author identifies "Mare Cin".

This old map of Asia is characterized by careful, neat engraving and lettering with the continents set apart from the sea by a finely stippled background.

Coverage includes Cazones, Y. de Cedri (Cedros Island) off the coast of Baja California, "Y delle Perle" or Pearl Islands off the coast of Panama. Cartouches contain Latin inscriptions while the surrounding text is in Italian. After an earlier map by Abraham Ortelius ca. 1570. Page 167. Plate XXVIII (28).

CREATOR: Magini, Giovanni Antonio

PUBLICATION DATE: 1598

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Asia

BODY OF WATER: Pacific Ocean

CONDITION: Very good.  Clean with no spots, stains, holes, or tears. Very fine condition for its age. On chian-laid paper. Very light uniform age toning.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: Girolamo Porro

SIZE: 7 " x 5 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 6

PRICE: $450

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