Polyglot Maps of the Continents
- Title:
- Polyglot Maps of the Continents
- Full Title:
- Asia Polyglotta, Linguarum Genealogiam cum Literis, scribundique Modis exhibens| Europa Polyglotta, Linguarum Genealogiam exhibens, una cum Literis, scribendique modis, omnium gentium| Africa Polyglotta Scribendi Modos Gentium exhibens| America cum Supplementis Polyglottis
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Hensel, Gottfried.
- Other Creator(s):
- Dorn, S
Homann Erben (Firm) - Date:
- 1741
- Date posted:
- 2015-08-25
- ID Number:
- 1022.01
- Identifier:
- PJM_1022_01.jpg
- Subject:
- Religion
Other Moral & Social - Extent:
- each map 16 x 21
- Collector's Notes:
- "The earliest linguistic maps of the four continents. Where he can, Hensel translates the first few words of the Lord’s Prayer (“Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name”) into local languages. Elsewhere, as in America and Africa, he notes human migrations. In Brazil, for example, evidence suggests, he says, that the first humans there came from Africa. In the box at the bottom right of Africa, he states that the map colors mark areas settled by descendants of the three sons of Noah: Japhet ('rubicundi,' here pink), Shem ('oriundos,' here yellow-orange), and Ham ('virides,' here olive green). Along the sides and at the bottom of the four maps are alphabet tables that cover most known written languages." (Delaney 2012, 193). One of the first thematic maps to address a subject other than natural history|Hensel's maps "may be the first to use color to distinguish areas on a thematic map." (Robinson 1982, 55|see also ibid. 131-32).
- Note:
- For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact
- Source:
- Hensel, Gottfried, Synopsis Universae Philologiae . . . (Nuremberg: Homann, 1741).
- References:
- For full details on references, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/references.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.