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CULTURAL READINGS: Colonization & Print in the Americas


Bordone
Jay I. Kislak Foundation
Benedetto Bordone,
Libro di Benedetto Bordone nel qual si ragiona de tutte l'isole del mondo...

Venice: Nicolo d'Aristotile, 1528.

Bordone's work reflects the ongoing diffusion of Iberian discoveries; it contains a view of Mexico City ("Temistitan") - an island within a lake.

Title page Bordone

New World Lands in Print

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