Antonio FLORIANUS (1656-1721). [World Map]. 1555

Antonio FLORIANUS (1656-1721)[World Map]Venice, c. 1555Sheet: 21 1⁄2” x 36”, framed: 33” x 47 1⁄2”Engraved mapUntitled double-hemisphere map constructed on a polar projections, with each hemisphere cut into thirty-six gores, in the manner of printed globes John Rennie Short description: “In the early sixteenth century the Venetian Empire was at its greatest extent. It was a trading empire that carried goods throughout the Mediterranean, across Europe and into Asia. The city state became a center of geographic information, mapmaking and cartographic publishing. Venetian cartographers provided the latest geographic knowledge in maps and globes, which became prized possessions for their information and their beauty. This world map is in the form of gores initially designed to be pasted on a sphere, probably made of plaster, to make a globe. This is a wonderful example of the detailed delicate necessary work to make an accurate globe.”In 1555, the Venetian Senate granted Antonio Floriano o