Benedetto Bordone, Untitled World Map 10 having just won its independence

having just won its independence from Mexico

Produced in Venice

In the first of those two posts he was responsible for the identification and plotting of all of Ireland's county

traditional portraiture

Historically

Benedetto Bordone, Untitled World Map 10 having just won its independenceBORDONE, Benedetto di (1460 1531). [Untitled World Map]. Woodcut world map on an oval projection from Bordone's Isolario. Verso bears signature "DD." Venice: 1528 1547. 11 1 4" x 15" sheet, 8 1 4" x 14 3 4" image. A BRIGHT COPY. "For a long time Bordone's world map was cited as the first drawn on an oval projection, prior to the discovery of Francesco Rosselli's map of c. 1508 using this form of construction. References within Bordone's book indicate