HORIZONS
CANTINO’S SAILING CHART
Beginning of 16th century
This fascinating document, presented to the Duke of Ferrara was executed in Portugal shortly after the first Spanish and Portuguese discoveries. It focuses on significant locations from all over the world, such as Jerusalem, Venice and the Atlas mountains.
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Item: 6 of 6
Paper: Italian white sustainable pulp board (280 gr)
Style: Luxuriously embellished with gold foil and embossed
Folder: Gold printing, covered
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MAP OF THE AMERICAS
Jodocus Hondius the Elder. Amsterdam, 1606
Based on the famous atlas of Gerardus Mercator, Hondius used its original copper-plates in addition to his own, thus creating the most accurate ‘Map of the Americas’ at the time.
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Item: 5 of 6
Paper: Italian white sustainable pulp board (280 gr)
Style: Luxuriously embellished with gold foil and embossed
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JESTER’S PHYSIOGNOMY WORLD MAP
Anonymous, attributed to Ortelius, c. 1590
On the left, an intriguing philosophical inscription in Latin: “Democritus Abderites deridebat; Heraclitus Ephesius deflebat; Epichtonius Cosmopolites deformabat.” (Democritus mocked it; Heraclitus
wept over it; Epichtonius disfigured it).
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Item: 4 of
Paper: White sustainable pulp board (280 gr)
Style: Luxuriously embellished with
gold foil and embossed
Folder: Transparent
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FRANCH NAVIGATOR’S WORLD MAP
Brest, 1543
Map of the world decorated with an array of gilded wind roses and an artistically executed frame by Guillaume Brouscon, a celebrated navigator-cartographer.
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Item: 3 of 6
Paper: White sustainable pulp board (280 gr)
Style: Luxuriously embellished with gold foil and embossed
Folder: Gold printing, covered
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SPHERICAL WORLD MAP
Henricus Hondius II, Amsterdam, 1630 (after Mercator Atlas). Hand-colored engraving.
The corners bordering the hemispheres feature the four elements: earth, wind, fire and water. Since Australia was only a hypothetical continent at the time, it appears here as a faint outline. “Terra Australis Incognita” (Unknown Land of the South).
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Item: 2 of 6
Paper: White sustainable pulp board (280 gr)
Style: Luxuriously embellished with gold foil and embossed
Folder: Transparent
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CALCULATION OF LATITUDE
Jacques de Vaulx. Le Havre, 1583
This illustration originates from a 16th century treatise of hydrography. A man directs a rod towards the pole star and calculates the angle with the horizon. The table of declinations will enable him to know the latitude.
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Item: 1 of 6
Paper: White sustainable pulp board (280 gr)
Style: Luxuriously embellished with
gold foil and embossed
Folder: Gold printing, covered
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PRESENTAION CASE
The prestigious box in which the antique maps collection is presented.
Decorated with gold foils and printed using special embossing techniques, it creates a remarkable,
luxurious impression and bears all of the attributes of a collector’s item.
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Size: 410 mm x 310 mm X 20 mm
Weight: 923 gr (total)
Pages: 6 printed pages on white sustainable
pulp board (280gr), individually wrapped.
Bespoke: Tailor-made branding and packing
HORIZONS
A magnificent new collection of six world maps
from the 16th and 17th centuries, presented in
a luxuriously-designed case.
Each map is enhanced with delicate gold embossing and foil, elegantly wrapped in high-quality paper and especially designed for framing.
All six maps feature selected quotations and
include an explanatory text in 4 languages:
English, German, French and Spanish. This prestigious gift set is the very first collection
of Turnowsky’s “Treasures of Mankind” series focusing on humanity’s unique achievements.
Just recently HORIZONS has been exclusively given to US President, Bill Clinton and Israeli President, Shimon Peres as part of a pre-launch edition.