Benedetto Bordone, Untitled World Map 10 Map of the South Pole

Map of the South Pole

Produced in Venice

heavy oil to the point of sinking to the bottom of the water: this oil is used in fomentations against rheumatic pains

his masterpiece was Les Liliacées

a federally-funded expedition led by Ferdinand V

Benedetto Bordone, Untitled World Map 10 Map of the South PoleBORDONE, 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