World maps & models
Urbano Monte’s sixty-sheet manuscript world map
Historical recordUrbano Monte’s sixty-sheet map represents a globe in polar projection.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- Manuscript world map, Tavola 1–60
- Artifact date
- 1587
- Holding institution
- David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
- Identifier
- 10130.000
- Record type
- individual_artifact
Catalog context
Curatorial navigation label; original categories and source identity retained.
Catalog review date reported: 2026-10-28. This is inherited catalog metadata, not a new verification of the linked source.
Modern digital assembly of 60 original 1587 sheets—not an original one-sheet map. David Rumsey Map Collection, David Rumsey Map Center, Stanford University Libraries; courtesy of the David Rumsey Map Collection, www.davidrumsey.com. Reuse terms ↗
Image source record
Image rights and evidence limits
Current Rumsey policy permits attributed digital publication; not permission for standalone for-sale facsimiles. Policy also links CC BY-NC-SA3.0; do not label unrestrictedPD.
Image existence does not prove a linked claim. Consult image-specific captions and reuse conditions.
Sources and what they support
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- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all/when/1587/
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