Teixeira planisphere

The Planisphere of Domingos Teixeira was made by this Portuguese cartographer in 1573, during the reign of Sebastian of Portugal.

Planisphere of Domingos Teixeira (1573)

It is made and painted by hand on a piece of parchment and conserved in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.[1]

Datasheet
  • Date: 1573
  • Author: Domingos Teixeira (Portugal).
  • Cartographic School: Portuguese.
  • Brief description: World Map.
  • Physical Location: Bibliothèque nationale de France

Description

It is one of the first full world maps showing the spice routes, both the Portuguese route of Vasco da Gama, following the east route and the Spanish route towards the west, discovered by Ferdinand Magellan (shows the Terra Magellanica not yet circumnavigated by Diego Ramirez de Arellano that christened it Isla de Xativa.[2]

You can see the scope of the Tordesillas Meridian, both on the side of America (Brazil) and at the opposite side of the world at the Philippines, that according to the treaty of Zaragoza should belong to Portugal, as they are in the "Portuguese" hemisphere.

See also

References
  1. BnF : Planisphère de Domingos Teixeira 1573
  2. Tierra de Fuego, antes «Isla de Xativa»

Bibliography
  • Gaspar, Joaquim A. (2010) From the Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean to the Latitude Chart of the Atlantic: Cartometric Analysis and Modelling. Doctoral thesis. ISEGI, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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