Alberto Cantino - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:28:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Alberto Cantino - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Cantino planisphere https://historylab.es/cantino-planisphere/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cantino-planisphere Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:24 +0000 https://historylab.es/cantino-planisphere/ Planisphere commissioned in 1502 by Alberto Cantino, an 'orator' sent by Ercole I d'Este to Portugal

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]]> The planisphere, made in 1502, is named after Alberto Cantino ‘orator’ of Ercole I d’Este in Portugal and is considered to be one of the oldest in representing even newly discovered lands: the planisphere shows, in fact, the coasts of Florida and Brazil, as well as highlighting the ‘raya’, i.e. the line dividing Portuguese and Spanish possessions defined by the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494. The map is presumably a copy from the Padrão Real (the official map of the Portuguese crown), updated with the latest geographical discoveries: Cantino managed to steal it to send it to the d’Este court despite Portuguese prohibitions on exporting maps abroad.

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