Cartographica Neerlandica Background for Ortelius Map No. 174

Title: NATOLIAE, | QVAE OLIM | ASIA MIN:|OR NOVA DE:|SCRIPTIO. [A new representation of Natolia, once called Asia minor.] - AEGYPTI RE|CENTIOR DE|SCRIPTIO. [A recent representation of Egypt.] - CARTHAGINIS | CELEBERRIMI | SINVS TYPVS. | "Cum priuilegio." [A map of the bay of most famous Carthago, with privilege]. (Lower right corner:) "Tunes capta & in Christianorum | potestatem redacta est a Carolo | quinto Romanorum Imperatore | Anno a Christi nato M.D.XXXV". [Tunis has been taken and returned to Christian governance by Charles the Fifth, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the year after the birth of Christ 1535].

Plate size: 322 x 494 mm; three maps on one plate.

Identification number: Ort 174

Title 174a: Natolić

Scale: 1 : 4,000,000. Size: 322 x 232 mm.
Identification number: Ort 174a (Koeman/Meurer 52a, Karrow: 1/72, vdKrogtAN: 8110:31)

States: 174a.0: traces of old degree numbers next to new ones along the left edge of the map, which have faded out by 1587.
174a.1: as described.
174a.2: from 1588 onwards, coastline and lakeshore hatching extended from about 3 to about 5 mm. Stippling added behind sea names.

Cartographic sources: Gastaldi/Forlani 1564 (Karrow p. 8, Meurer p. 151).

Title 174b: Ćgypti

Scale: 1 : 2,000,000. Size: 180 x 227 mm.
Identification number: Ort 174b (Koeman/Meurer: 52b, K: 1/73, vdKrogtAN: 8650:31)

States: 174b.1 as described.
174b.2: from 1588 onwards, coast line hatching extended and intensified. Stippling added behind sea names. Cross hatching added in blocks next to degree number, resulting in small squares.

Cartographic sources: anonymous Italian source, published by Forlani in 1566 (Meurer p.87). Brandmair & Lelewel suggest Ruscelli.

Title 174c: Tunis

Scale: 1 : 500,000. Size: 142 x 227 mm.
Identification number: Ort 174c (Koeman/Meurer: 52c, Karrow: 1/74, vdKrogtAN: 8630:31)

States: 174c.1 as described.
174c.2: heavier and more pronounced wave patterns in the sea from 1588 onwards. Cartouche scroll at left bottom now predominantly with oblique rather than horizontal hatching at the right edge. Hills, mountains and cities also receive additional hatching.

Cartographic sources: anonymous Italian one sheet map source, dated 1535.

Occurrence in Theatrum editions and page number:

1570L(A)52 (100 copies printed) (second title AEGYPTVS followed by diamond-shaped four-cornered dot; last line, left aligned: etiam loca huic vicina,lustrare licebit.),
1570L(B)52 (100 copies printed) (second title AEGYPTVS followed by round dot; last line, left aligned: etiam loca huic vicina,lustrare licebit.),
1570L(C)52 (125 copies printed) (second title AEGYPTVS followed by a triangular dot pointing NorthNorthEast; last line, left aligned: etiam loca huic vicina,lustrare licebit.),
1571L52 (275 copies printed) (second title AEGYPTVS followed by triangular dot pointing NorthNorthEast; last line, left aligned: etiam loca huic vicina,lustrare licebit.),
1571D/1573D52 (350 copies printed) (last line, in cursive script like the entire text, centred like one line above it: "ende verlossinge van so veel duysent gevangenen Christenen".),
1572G52Koler (pasted over p.52 of a 1570L edition; few copies printed)(last line, left aligned, mostly in Gothic script: Magst aber bey Ioanne Leone auch andere nahend umbligende ort besehen.),
1572/1573G52 (225 copies printed) (last line, centred like one line above it: vnd erleding von sovil tausent gefangner Christen,bekant vnd an den tag gebracht.),
1572/1574F52 (225 copies printed) (last line, centred like 2 lines above it: esté chassé ; & par la deliuerance faite de tant de mille Chrestiens.),
1573L(A)67 (40 copies printed) (last line, centred like one line above it, in cursive script: "Ioannem Leonem etiam loca huic vicina, lustrare licebit".),
1573L(B)67 (40 copies printed) (last line, centred like one line above it, in cursive script: "Ioannem Leonem etiam loca huic vicina, lustrare licebit".),
1574L67 (175 copies printed) (large page number, 11 mm; last line, centred like one line above it: Leonem etiam loca huic vicina,lustrare licebit.),
1575L67 (100 copies printed) (small page number, 7 mm; last line, centred like one line above it: ille. Sed apud Ioannem Leonem etiam loca huic vicina,lustrare licebit.),
1579L(A)88 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: Ioannem Leonem etiam loca huic vicina, lustrare licebit. ; page number 88 positioned below space between Sed and apud of penultimate text line.),
1579L(B)88 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: Ioannem Leonem etiam loca huic vicina, lustrare licebit. ; page number 88 positioned below Hćc of penultimate text line.),
1580/1589G88 (350 copies printed) (last line, centred like 6 lines above it, in Gothic script like the entire text: ligende örter besichtigen.),
1581F88 (400 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: faite de tant de mille Chrestiens.),
1584L98 (750 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: Ioannem Leonem etiam loca huic vicina, lustrare licebit.),
1587F98 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: la deliuerance faite de tant de mille Chrestiens.),
1588S98 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: podras veer tambien los lugares que tiene vezinos.),
1592L106 (525 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: spectat. Hćc ille. Sed apud Ioannem Leonem etiam loca huic vicina lustrare licebit.),
1595L112 (500 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: vicina lustrare licebit.),
1598F113 (last line, left aligned: deliuerance faite de tant de mille Chrestiens.),
1598/1610/1613D81 (100 copies printed) (last line, left aligned, in italic script like most of the text: "so veel duysent ghevanghenen Christenen".),
1601L112 (200 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: cina lustrare licebit.),
1602G115 (250 copies printed) (last line, centred like 2 lines above it, in Gothic script like the entire text: Joanne Leone die beyligende örter besichtigen.),
1602S115 (250 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: gena descayda. Esto es d'este author. Pero en Ioan Leon podras veer tambien los lugares que tiene vezinos.),
1603L115 (300 copies printed) (text, but not typesetting and page number, identical to 1609/1612L; last line, left aligned: nem etiam loca huic vicina lustrare licebit.),
1606E112 (300 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: farre "Iouius". But the places neere adioining are described more particularly in "Iohn Leo Africanus".),
1608/1612I124 (300 copies printed) (last line, in cursive script like 8 lines above it, left aligned: "anco riconoscere li luoghi quiui circonstanti".),
1609/1612L125 (300 copies printed) (text, but not typesetting and page number identical to 1603L; last line, left aligned: etiam loca huic vicina lustrare licebit.),
1609/1612/1641S125 (325 copies printed) (last line, left aligned: descayda. Esto es d'este author. Pero en Ioan Leon podras veer tambien los lugares que tiene vezinos.).

Approximate number of copies printed: 8175.

References: (Ort 174b & c) W. Bodenstein "Ortelius' Maps of Africa", p. 185-208 in: Van den Broecke, van der Krogt and Meurer (eds.) "Abraham Ortelius and the First Atlas", HES Publishers, 1998.

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