Western Hemisphere - Gutierrez 1562
- Old Western Hemisphere Map - Gutierrez 1562 - This is an exquisite full-color Reproduction printed on high-quality gloss paper, art paper or canvas.
Print Size: 23.00 x 26.10 inches
The following towns are featured: 1562 chart of the Americas. It was the earliest scale wall map of the New World and the first to apply the name California. The Tropics of Cancer, Capricorn and the equator are used as reference latitudes. The Spanish and French coats of arms appear together, embraced by Victory, symbolizing the 1559 marriage between Phillip II of Spain and Elisabeth of Valois. In 1554, Diego Guti?rrez was appointed principal cosmographer to the king of Spain in the Casa de la Contrataci?n. The crown commissioned the Casa to produce a large-scale map of the western hemisphere, often called the fourth part of the world. The purpose of the map was to assert Spain?s claims to new world territories against the rival claims of Portugal and France. Spain claimed all lands south of the Tropic of Cancer, which is shown prominently. The map was engraved by the famous Antwerp engraver Hieronymus Cock, who added numerous artistic flourishes, including th
SKU: ITWE0018
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