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Appendix A: The Maps of the Guardaroba Nuova
Francesca Fiorani
Description: The Marvel of Maps: Art, Cartography and Politics in Renaissance Italy
The Marvel of Maps: Art, Cartography and Politics in Renaissance Italy
This appendix proposes a reconstruction of the original layout of the maps of the Guardaroba Nuova. This sequence of the maps, which differs from their current display in Palazzo Vecchio, is based on Giorgio Vasari’s description of the Guardaroba Nuova in his Lives and on the geographical order that Giacomo Gastaldi adopted in his edition of Ptolemy’s Geography (Venice,...
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Appendix A: The Maps of the Guardaroba Nuova
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Description: Reconstruction of the original sequence of the map panels in the Guardaroba Nuova by...
This appendix proposes a reconstruction of the original layout of the maps of the Guardaroba Nuova. This sequence of the maps, which differs from their current display in Palazzo Vecchio, is based on Giorgio Vasari’s description of the Guardaroba Nuova in his Lives and on the geographical order that Giacomo Gastaldi adopted in his edition of Ptolemy’s Geography (Venice, 1548) and that Girolamo Ruscelli repeated, with minor variations, in his own edition of Ptolemy’s geographical manual (Venice, 1561).
The maps, which are all painted in tempera on wood panels, are reproduced in color in Danti-Bonsignori 1995.
Europe: Lower Level of the Cupboards from the Main Entrance to the Right
ISOLE BRITANICHE le quali co(n)tengono il Regno di Inghileterra et di Scotia con l’Hibernia
(British Isles, which contain the Kingdom of England and Scotland, and Island), 1565, Egnazio Danti, 110 × 111 cm
Longitude 3–, Latitude 49–63
Cartographic sources: Mercator, Map of Europe (1554) for the mapping of Ireland. George Lily, Map of the British Isles (1546), most likely through one of Lily’s derivative maps, perhaps the map engraved by Paolo Forlani and published by Fernando Bertelli (Venice, 1562), for the mapping of England, Scotland, and Wales, and for large sections of the legends.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 28–9.
Notes: This part of the old continent was represented in Ptolemy’s first map of Europe, and in Gastaldi’s Anglia et Hibernia Nova Tabula, the modern map added to Ptolemy’s first map of Europe (Ptolemy 1548).
Thile I(nsul)a
(Thule Island) 1565, Egnazio Danti, 110 × 53 cm
Longitude 352–9, Latitude 65–9
Cartographic sources: Mercator, Map of Europe (1554) for the cartographic content.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 34–5.
Notes: This part of the old continent was represented in Ptolemy’s first map of Europe and in Gastaldi’s Anglia et Hibernia Nova Tabula, the modern map added to Ptolemy’s first map of Europe (Ptolemy 1548).
La Spagna
1577, Stefano Bonsignori, 107 × 106 cm
Longitude 34–45, Latitude 8–14
Signature (top left): “D.S. Flo A.M.F. 1577.”
Cartographic sources: Clusius, Map of Spain (1571).
Bibliography: Schilder 1986, 99–110; Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 90–1.
Notes: This part of the old continent was represented in Ptolemy’s second map of Europe and in Gastaldi’s Hispania Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s second map of Europe (Ptolemy 1548).
La Francia
1576, Stefano Bonsignori, 110 × 106 cm
Longitude 41–53, Latitude 16–35
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 88–9.
Notes: This part of the old continent was represented in Ptolemy’s third map of Europe and in Gastaldi’s Gallia Nova Tabula, the modern map added to Ptolemy’s third map of Europe (Ptolemy 1548).
La Germania
1577, Stefano Bonsignori, 106 × 107 cm
Longitude 45–56, Latitude 27–47
Signature (top left): “D. Stephanus Flo. Mon. Monto. F.A.S. 1577.”
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 92–3.
Notes: This part of the old continent was represented in Ptolemy’s fourth map of Europe, and in Gastaldi’s Germania Nova Tabula, the modern map added to Ptolemy’s fourth map of Europe (Ptolemy 1548).
La Schiavonia
1578, Stefano Bonsignori, 111 × 106 cm
Longitude 49–37, Latitude 40–58
Signature (top left): “D. Stephanus Florentinus monachus Montolivetanus F.A.S. 1578.”
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 96–7.
Notes: This part of the old continent was represented in Ptolemy’s fifth map of Europe, and in Gastaldi’s Dalmacia Nova Tabula, the modern map added to Ptolemy’s fifth map of Europe (Ptolemy 1548).
L’Italia
1578, Stefano Bonsignori, 109 × 104 cm
Longitude 46–34, Latitude 29–40
Signature (top right): “D. Stephanus Florentinus F.A.S. MDLXXVIII.”
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 94–5.
Notes: This part of the old continent was represented in Ptolemy’s sixth map of Europe, which included the Italian peninsula and Corsica, and in Ptolemy’s seventh map of Europe, which included Sicilia and Sardinia; in Gastaldi’s Italia Nova Tabula, one of the modern maps he added to Ptolemy’s sixth map of Europe, and his Sicilia Sardinia Nova Tabula, the map he added to Ptolemy’s seventh map of Europe (Ptolemy 1548).
Livonia et Littuania
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 110 × 94 cm
Longitude 40–65, Latitude 65–45
Cartographic sources: Mercator, Map of Europe (1554) for most of the cartographic content and for the second and third paragraph of the main legend. Anthony Jenkinson, Nova absolutaque Russiae, Moscoviae, & Tartariae descriptio (London, 1562), for the delta of the River Obi in the North Sea, the course of the Volga and its estuary in the Caspian Sea, the River Pechora, and the outline of the Caspian Sea.
Bibliography: Paratore 1976; Licini 1988, 119–21; Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 36–7.
Notes: This part of the old continent was represented in Ptolemy’s eighth map of Europe, and in Gastaldi’s Prussia et Livonia Nova Tabula, one of the two modern maps he added to Ptolemy’s eighth map of Europe (Ptolemy 1548).
Norvegia Gotiae
around 1565, Egnazio Danti, 110 × 93 cm
Longitude 25–52, Latitude 76–55
Cartographic sources: Mercator, Map of Europe (1554) for the cartographic content, and Gastaldi’s Schonlandia Nova Tabula (Ptolemy 1548) for the legend.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 54–5.
Notes: This part of the old continent was not included in Ptolemy’s Geography, but it was mapped in Gastaldi’s Schonlandia Nova Tabula, one of the two modern maps he added to Ptolemy’s eighth map of Europe (Ptolemy 1548).
Moschovia
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 111 × 95 cm
Longitude 63–89, Latitude 71–64
Cartographic sources: Mercator, Map of Europe (1554), for most of the cartographic content and for the inscriptions on the map. Anthony Jenkinson, Nova absolutaque Russiae, Moscoviae, & Tartariae descriptio (London, 1562) for the course of the Volga and its estuary in the Caspian Sea, the River Pechora, and the outline of the Caspian Sea. Gastaldi, Moschovia nova Tabula (1548), and Ruscelli, Moschovia nuova tavola (Ptolemy 1561), for the legend.
Bibliography: Paratore 1976; Licini 1988, 119–21; Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 38–9.
Notes: This part of the old continent was represented in Ptolemy’s eighth map of Europe, in Gastaldi’s Schonlandia Nova Tabula, one of the two modern maps he added to Ptolemy’s eighth map of Europe (Ptolemy 1548), and in Gastaldi’s Moschovia Nova Tabula, the map he added to Ptolemy’s second map of Asia (Ptolemy 1548).
Grecia
1585, Stefano Bonsignori, 109 × 93 cm
Longitude 45–30, Latitude 43–60
Signature (top left): “D. Stephanus Flor. F.A.S. 1585.”
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 122–3; Tolias 2002.
Notes: This part of the old continent was represented in Ptolemy’s ninth map of Europe which included also Dacia and Macedonia, and in his tenth map of Europe, which included the Peloponnese and the Greek Islands; and in Gastaldi’s Graecia Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s ninth and tenth maps of Europe (Ptolemy 1548). A copy of this map is now in the Museum Benaki in Athens, Greece.
Africa: Upper Level of the Cupboards from the Main Entrance to the Right
Mauritania
1579, Stefano Bonsignori, 109 × 105 cm
Longitude 2–26, Latitude 38–19
Signature (top left): “D. Stephanus Floretinus monachus Monteolivetanus F.A.S. 1579.”
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell’Africa (1564) for the general geographical outline. The legend is by Bonsignori.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 104–5.
Notes: This part of Africa was represented as the first map of Africa in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Mauritania Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s first map of Africa (Ptolemy 1548).
Affrica
(Tunisia), 1579, Stefano Bonsignori, 109 × 106 cm
Longitude 37–51, Latitude 38–18
Signature (top left): “Monachus MDLXXIX,”
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell’Africa (1564) for the general geographical outline. The legend is by Bonsignori.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 106–7.
Notes: This part of Africa was represented as the second map of Africa in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Africa Minor Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s second map of Africa (Ptolemy 1548).
L’Egitto
1578, Stefano Bonsignori, 108 × 107 cm
Longitude 51–66, Latitude 22–33
Signature (top left): “D. Stephanus Floren(tinu)s Monachus Montoliveta(n)us F.A.S. MDLXXVIII.”
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell’Africa (1564). The legend is by Bonsignori.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 98–9.
Notes: This part of Africa was represented as the third map of Africa in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Marmarica Nova Tabula and Aegyptus Nova Tabula, the two modern maps he added to Ptolemy’s third map of Africa (Ptolemy 1548).
Libia interiore
1580, Stefano Bonisgnori, 107 × 106 cm
Longitude 9–27, Latitude 4–19
Signature (top left): “D. Stephanus Florentinus Monachus Montolivetanus F.A.S. MDLXXX.”
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell’Africa (1564). The legend is by Bonsignori.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 108–9.
Notes: This part of Africa was represented as the fourth map of Africa in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Africa Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s third map of Africa (Ptolemy 1548).
Parte dell’Agisamba
1580, Stefano Bonsignori, 107 × 102 cm
Longitude 27–45, Latitude 20–1
Signature (top left): “D. Stephanus Monachus Montolivetanus F.A.S. MDLXXX.”
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell’Africa (1564). The legend is by Bonsignori.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 110–11.
Notes: This part of Africa was represented as the fourth map of Africa in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Africa Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s third map of Africa (Ptolemy 1548).
Nubia
1579, Stefano Bonsignori, 111 × 109 cm
Longitude 48–58, Latitude 21–1
Signature (top left): “D. Stephanus Florens. monachus Montolivetanus F.A.S. MDLXXIX.”
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell’Africa (1564). The legend is by Bonsignori.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 102–3.
Notes: This part of Africa was represented as the fourth map of Africa in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Africa Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s third map of Africa (Ptolemy 1548).
Trogloditica
1579, Stefano Bonsignori, 110 × 108 cm
Longitude 69–88, Latitude 21–1
Signature (top left): D. Stephanus Mon(nacus) Montolivetanus Florentinus F.A.S. MDLXXIX.”
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell’Africa (1564). The legend is by Bonsignori.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 100–1.
Notes: This part of Africa was represented as the fourth map of Africa in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Africa Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s third map of Africa (Ptolemy 1548).
Par(te) d’Affrica nuova, et Regno di Manicongo
1580, Stefano Bonsignori, 108 × 105 cm
Longitude 42–58, Latitude 1–18
Signature (top left): “D. Stephanus Bonsignoris Monachus Montoliv. F.A.S. 1580.”
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell’Africa (1564). The legend is by Bonsignori.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 112–13.
Notes: This part of Africa was represented as the fourth map of Africa in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Africa Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s third map of Africa (Ptolemy 1548).
Parte d’Affrica
(Ethiopia), 1581, Stefano Bonsignori, 110 × 105 cm
Longitude 57–76, Latitude 0–19
Signature (bottom left): “D. Stephanus Bonsig(no)ris Flor(entinus) Monac(us) Monteolivetanus faciebat A. S. 1581.”
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell’Africa (1564). The legend is by Bonsignori.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 114–15.
Notes: This part of Africa was represented as the fourth map of Africa in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Africa Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s third map of Africa (Ptolemy 1548).
Parte di Buona Speranza
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 109 × 95 cm
Longitude 58–83, Latitude 12–36
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi’s Cosmographia universalis (1561) for the general geographical outline of the African continent and the coast of Madagascar. Ortelius, Map of the World (1564) for the legend. Danti pasted together different inscriptions that Ortelius had placed in three separate areas of his map. Paolo Forlani, Africa (Venice, 1562). Danti might have used this map too, which was in turn heavily based on Gastaldi’s Map of the World for the geographical outline.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 52–3.
Notes: This part of Africa was represented as the fourth map of Africa in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Africa Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s third map of Africa (Ptolemy 1548).
Parte d’Affrica
(Cape of Good Hope), 1581, Stefano Bonsignori, 110 × 106 cm
Longitude 37–59, Latitude 18–38
Signature (bottom left): “D.o Stephanus Bonsig(nor)is Monach(u)s Monteolivetanus Faciebat A. V. P. MDLXXXI.”
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della geografia moderna de tutta la parte dell’Africa (1564). The legend is by Bonsignori.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 116–17.
Notes: This part of Africa was represented as the fourth map of Africa in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Africa Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s third map of Africa (Ptolemy 1548).
I(sola) di S(an) Lorenzo
1565, Egnazio Danti, 110 × 53 cm
Longitude 77–87, Latitude 11–30
Cartographic sources: The general geographical outline of Madagascar does not follow any printed map but is very close to the geographical representation of the island found in Portuguese nautical charts such as Bartolomeo Velho, Four nautical charts of the world, Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence (previously in the Accademia del Disegno, Florence). The legend and inscriptions are derived from Ortelius, Map of the World (1564).
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 24–5.
Notes: This part of Africa was represented as the fourth map of Africa in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Africa Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s third map of Africa (Ptolemy 1548).
Asia: Lower Level of the Cupboards from the Main Entrance to the Left
Natolia
before 1565, Egnazio Danti, 110 × 95 cm
Longitude 54–70, Latitude (unreadable)
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della prima parte dell’Asia (1559) for the outline of the southern coast of the peninsula. The northern coast of the peninsula and the island of Cyprus are different from Gastaldi’s map. Also the west coast, Rhodi, and other smaller islands, which were not included in Gastaldi’s map, seem to be derived from nautical charts.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 30–1.
Notes: This part of Asia was represented as the first map of Asia in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appears in Gastaldi’s Natolia Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s first map of Asia (Ptolemy 1548). This map, cut into two halves and extremely damaged, must have been superseded by the other map Natolia that Danti made in 1565.
Natolia
1565, Egnazio Danti, 112 × 95 cm
Longitude 55–71, Latitude 47–31
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della geografia moderna della provincia di Natolia (Venice, 1564). Danti’s map is different from Gastaldi’s in the representation of the sourthern coast of Cyprus, the outline of the islands of Samos and Rhodi, as well as in the southern coast of the peninsula.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 32–3.
Notes: This part of Asia was represented as the first and fourth map of Asia in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Natolia Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s first map of Asia (Ptolemy 1548), and in Gastaldi’s Soria et Terra Sancta Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s fourth map of Asia (Ptolemy 1548).
Armenia
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 112 × 75 cm
Longitude 70–86, Latitude 48–29
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della prima parte dell’Asia (1559) for the general geographical outline. The legend is Danti’s.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 40–1.
Notes: This part of Asia was represented as the third map of Asia in Ptolemy’s Geography. The legend was added later since it paints over the frame with the degrees of latitude and longitude as well as some other cartographic details.
Persia
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 112 × 97 cm
Longitude 85–100, Latitude 45–23
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Disegno della seconda parte dell’Asia (1561) for the general geographical outline. The legend is adapted from Ruscelli’s Della Persia ventesima Tavola Nuova (Ptolemy 1561).
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 42–3.
Notes: This part of Asia was represented as the fifth map of Asia in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Persia Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s fifth map of Asia (Ptolemy 1548). The legend was added later since it paints over the frame with the degrees of latitude and longitude as well as some other cartographic details.
Arabia
1575, Egnazio Danti, 112 × 75 cm
Longitude 72–99, Latitude 59–12
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Disegno della seconda parte dell’Asia (1561) for the cartographic content. The legend is by Danti.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 78–9.
Notes: This part of Asia was represented as the sixth map of Asia in Ptolemy’s Geography.
Sogd(i)ana
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 112 × 98 cm
Longitude 102–17, Latitude 45–21
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Disegno della seconda parte dell’Asia (1561) for the general geographical outline. The legend is by Danti.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 44–5.
Notes: This part of Asia was represented as the seventh map of Asia in Ptolemy’s Geography.
No title: Central Asia (Arachosia)
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 112 × 36 cm
Longitude 114–22, Latitude 47–25
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, La terza parte dell’Asia (1561) for the general geographical outline. The legend is by Danti, except for the reference to the “balassci bellissimi” which is taken from one of Gastaldi’s inscriptions on the map.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 46–7.
Notes: This part of Asia was represented as the seventh map of Asia in Ptolemy’s Geography.
No title: Central Asia (Deserto di Camul)
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 114 × 36 cm
Longitude unreadable, Latitude 48–23
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, La terza parte dell’Asia (1561) for the general geographical outline. The legend is by Danti.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 48–9.
Notes: This part of Asia was represented as the seventh map of Asia in Ptolemy’s Geography.
Indosta(n) fuori al Gange
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 112 × 55 cm
Longitude 134–56, Latitude 60–21
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, La terza parte dell’Asia (1561) for the general geographical outline and the legend. Danti combined in a single legend the many inscriptions Gastaldi had included in his map.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 50–1.
Notes: This part of Asia was represented as the eighth map of Asia in Ptolemy’s Geography.
Parte del India Dentro al Gange Ho(ggi) detta Indostan
1575, Egnazio Danti, 112 × 66 cm
Longitude 115–35, Latitude 38–0
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, La terza parte dell’Asia (1561) for the general geographical outline and the inscription referring to the body of St. Thomas along the coast. Ortelius, Asiae orbis partium maxime nova descriptio (1567) for the legend pertaining to the island of Ceylon.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 72–3.
Notes: This part of Asia was represented as the ninth and tenth map of Asia in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s Calecut Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s tenth map of Asia (Ptolemy 1548).
No title: Indochina and Indonesia
1573, Egnazio Danti, 110 × 62 cm
Longitude and latitude unreadable
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, La terza parte dell’Asia (1561) for the general geographical outline, except for the regions below the equator, which were taken from Gastaldi, Cosmographia universalis (1561). Ortelius, Asiae orbis partium maxime nova descriptio (1567) was used for the first paragraph of the legend.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 70–1; Suarez 1999, 130–57.
Notes: This part of Asia was represented as the eleventh and twelfth map of Asia in Ptolemy’s Geography; it also appeared in Gastaldi’s India tercera Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s eleventh and twelfth maps of Asia (Ptolemy 1548).
China
1575, Egnazio Danti, 112 × 62 cm
Longitude 149–71, Latitude 53–16
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, La terza parte dell’Asia (1561) for the general geographical outline and the inscription along the coast pertaining to the fishing of pearls.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 74–5.
Notes: This part of Asia was unknown to Ptolemy and thus not represented in his Geography. It appeared, however, in Gastaldi’s map India tercera Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s eleventh and twelfth maps of Asia (Ptolemy 1548). The cartouche with the legend was added after the map was completed since it was painted over some islands and the frame, covering the degrees of longitude and latitude.
No title: China and Japan
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 110 × 63 cm
Longitude 173–97, Latitude 62–26
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Cosmographia universalis (1561) for the coast of China and Japan; Ortelius, Asiae orbis partium maxime nova descriptio (1567) for the legend (Danti disregarded Ortelius’s new representation of Japan in this map and followed instead Gastaldi’s). The first paragraph of Danti’s legend is his original composition, while the second paragraph is taken from Ortelius’s map. It combines Ortelius’s legend pertaining to the city of Quintai with his inscription on porcelain in the province of Quinci.
Bibliography: Kish 1951; Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 76–7.
Notes: This part of Asia was unknown to Ptolemy and thus not represented in his Geography. It appears in Gastaldi’s map India tercera Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s eleventh and twelfth maps of Asia (Ptolemy 1548).
L’isole Moluche con l’altre circu(m)vicine che producano le gioie et le spetierie, MDLXIII
1563, Egnazio Danti, 110 × 63 cm
Longitude 158–80, Latitude 26–0, 0–12
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Il disegno della terza parte dell’Asia (1561) for the regions north of the equator; and Gastaldi’s Cosmographia universalis (1561) for the regions below the equator.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 76–7; Suarez 1999, 130–57.
Notes: This part of Asia was unknown to Ptolemy and thus not represented in his Geography. It appears, however in Gastaldi’s map India tercera Nova Tabula, the modern map he added to Ptolemy’s eleventh and twelfth maps of Asia (Ptolemy 1548)
Parte di Scitia
1582, Stefano Bonsignori, 110 × 107 cm
Longitude 60–100, Latitude 74–54
Signature (top right): “D.s Stephanus Florentinus Monachus Montolivetanus F.A.S. 1582.”
Cartographic sources: Mercator, Map of the World (1569) for the general geographical outline. The legend is by Bonsignori.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 118–19.
Notes: This part of Asia was unknown to Ptolemy and thus not represented in his Geography, nor did it appear in Gastaldi’s maps of Asia (1559–61).
No title: Siberia
1586, Stefano Bonsignori, 110 × 109 cm
Longitude 110–210, Latitude 76–46
Signature (top right): “D. Stephanus Monachus Montolivetanus F.A.S. MDLXXXVI.”
Cartographic sources: Mercator, Map of the World (1569) for the general geographical outline. The legend is by Bonsignori.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 124–5.
Notes: This part of Asia was unknown to Ptolemy and thus not represented in his Geography, nor did it appear in Gastaldi’s maps of Asia (1559–61).
America: Upper Level from the Main Entrance to the Left
Ultime parti note nel Indie Occide(nta)li
May 1564, Egnazio Danti, 109 × 95 cm
Longitude 210–40, Latitude 51–19
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Cosmographia universalis (1561), and Ortelius, Map of the World (1564) for the general geographical outline and Japan.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 22–3
Nuova Spagna
1565, Egnazio Danti, 110 × 95 cm
Longitude 40–63, Latitude 33–8
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Cosmographia universalis (1561), and Ortelius, Map of the World (1564) for the general geographical outline; Ruscelli’s Nuova Hispania, tremptesimaprima Tavola Nuova (Ptolemy 1561) for the legend.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 26–7.
No title: Gulf of Mexico
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 112 × 76 cm
Longitude 263–90, Latitude 43–4
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Cosmographia universalis (1561), and Ortelius, Map of the World (1564) for the general geographical outline.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 58–9.
Notes: The cartouche was added after the compilation of the map since it paints over some geographical details. Some retouchings are evident around the islands although it is unclear whether they are by Danti himself or by a later restorer. The map was not completed and has no legend in the cartouche.
No title: Central America
dated after 1569, Egnazio Danti, 112 × 76 cm
Longitude 281–14, Latitude 39–1
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Cosmographia universalis (1561), and Ortelius, Map of the World (1564) for the general geographical outline.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 60–1.
No title: South America, Peru
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 114 × 69 cm
Longitude 280–305, Latitude 5–30
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Cosmographia universalis (1561) and Ortelius, Map of the World (1564) for the general geographical outline.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 62–3.
No title: Peru
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 111 × 68 cm
Longitude 229–323, Latitude 5–30
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Cosmographia universalis (1561) and Ortelius, Map of the World (1564) for the general geographical outline.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 64–5.
Notes: The map was not completed and the cartouche, which was added later, has no inscription.
No title: North Brazil
Egnazio Danti, 113 × 30 cm
Longitude 324–36, Latitude 1–35
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Cosmographia universalis (1561) and Ortelius, Map of the World (1564) for the general geographical outline.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 66–7.
Notes: The cartouche has no inscription.
No title: Strait of Magellan
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 113 × 57 cm
Longitude 196–226, Latitude 25–55
Cartographic sources: Gastaldi, Cosmographia universalis (1561), and Ortelius, Map of the World (1564) for the general geographical outline. Portuguese nautical charts, possibly Bartolomeo Velho’s four nautical charts (1561) Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, or Mercator, Map of the World (1569) for the geographical outline of the Tierra del Fuego and of the Strait of Magellan.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 68–9.
Notes: This map must have been superseded by the other map of the Strait of Magellan that Bonsignori made in the early 1580s.
No title: Strait of Magellan
(?)1581, Stefano Bonsignori, 112 × 57 cm
Longitude 296–313, Latitude 28–53
Signature (bottom left): “Stephanus (?)1581.”
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 120–1.
Greenland and the North Pole
Gronla(n)dia
not dated, Egnazio Danti, 110 × 90 cm
Longitude 295–360, Latitude 76–53
Cartographic sources: Nicoló and Antonio Zeno, Carta da navegar (Zeno Map) (Venice, 1558), perhaps through one of its derivative maps, possibly the map published in Ptolemy 1561. Like the map in Ptolemy 1561 but unlike the original Zeno Map, Danti’s map does not show any connection between Greenland and Europe.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 56–7
No title: North Pole
after 1585, attributed to Antonio Santucci, 110 × 48 cm
Longitude 140–230, Latitude 90–74
Cartographic sources: Mercator, Map of the World (1569) for the general geographical outline and for the legends and inscriptions.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 128–9.
No title: North Pole
after 1585, attributed to Antonio Santucci, 120 × 47 cm
Longitude 50–140, Latitude 90–73
Cartographic sources: Mercator, Map of the World (1569) for the general geographical outline and for the legends and inscriptions.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 130–1.
No title: North Pole
after 1585, attributed to Antonio Santucci, 110 × 48 cm
Longitude 310–50, Latitude 90–73
Cartographic sources: Mercator, Map of the World (1569) for the general geographical outline and for the legends and inscriptions.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 126–7.).
No title: North Pole
after 1585, attributed to Antonio Santucci, 110 × 47 cm
Longitude 230–320, Latitude 90–73
Cartographic sources: Mercator, Map of the World (1569) for the general geographical outline and for the legends and inscriptions.
Bibliography: Danti-Bonsignori 1995, 132–3.
Appendix A: The Maps of the Guardaroba Nuova
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