The Second Earliest Separately Published map of California & The Southwest.
Rare map of California, Baja California and th Southwest, which appeared in Jose de Acosta's De Natura Nova Orbis.
The map shows the coast of California in the style of the late 16th Century, running nearly due east and west, based upon Petrus Plancius' World Map of 1592. The appearance of Los Farallones (the Farallone Islands of the Coast of San Francisco) is perhaps the most recognizable of the place names given along the California coast, the majority of which would disappear within the next 100 years.
In the interior, The map locates Civitatum Septem Patria, an early printed reference to the Seven Cities of Gold, a myth that led to several expeditions by adventurers and conquistadors in the 16th century. It is also featured in several works of popular culture. According to legend, the seven cities of gold could be found in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona.
Metellus' map is based upon Cornelis Wytfliet's map of the prior year,the earliest map devoted to California and the Southwest. Metellus, whose real name was Jean Matal, was an accomplished French Cartographer, who died in 1597. The maps were most likely finished by Conrad Loew, a pseudonym for Matthias Quad.
Some question has been raised as to whether Metellus' work predates the Wytfliet, given that Metellus died in 1597 and lived in Louvain prior to his death in Cologne. Burden surmises that Wytfliet's work was published first. The maps are largely similar, other than the ommission of a few place names in the Metellus.
The Metellus map is by far the rarer of two, this being the only example we have ever offered for sale.
An essential map for California collectors.
Johannes Matalius Metellus, also known as Jean Matal or Johannes Metellus Sequanas, was born in Poligny, Burgundy, France in ca. 1517. A humanist scholar, he was a polymath devoted to cartography, geography, law, paleography, and antiquarianism. Late in life he published a series of atlases; all his maps and atlases are rare and highly sought-after.
Matal was educated at Dole, Freiburg, and several Italian institutions. At Bologna, he met Antonio Agustín, a Spanish legal scholar, who recruited Matal to be his secretary. Together, the men researched ecclesiastical law, with an especial emphasis on Roman legal manuscripts, with trips to Venice, Florence, and elsewhere in Italy to study codices. In 1555, the two traveled to England to meet with Queen Mary on a mission for the Church.
After leaving his employment with Agustín, Matal traveled in the Low Countries and eventually settled in Cologne. There, he mixed with other savants, including especially Georg Cassander and Pedro Ximénez. It was in Cologne that Matal began his serious interest in mapmaking. He contributed to Braun and Hogenberg’s Civitae Orbis Terrarum; Georg Braun described him in glowing terms, “vir omni scientiarum genere praestans"—"a man outstanding in every form of knowledge."
Late in life, Matal began preparing a set of maps of the entire world. In 1594, he published an atlas of France, Austria, and Switzerland (39 maps), in 1595 an atlas of Spain (10 maps), and, posthumously, an atlas of Italy (37 maps), and one of Germany and the Netherlands (55 maps). Many of these maps were combined and augmented into atlases of Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the world’s islands. In 1602, a compendium work showcased all of these previous works called Speculum Orbis Terrae; this atlas was well received by contemporaries like Walter Raleigh and is very rare today. Many of these maps and atlases were released after his death in 1598, they were finished by his friend and fellow mapmaker Conrad Loew (Matthias Quad).
Ramani ya pili ya mapema zaidi iliyochapishwa kando ya California na Kusini Magharibi. Ramani ya nadra ya California, Baja California na Southwest, ambayo ilionekana katika De Natura Nova Orbis ya Jose de Acosta. Picha ya pwani ya California ya karne ya 16 na mapambo ya kusini na magharibi ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika ya Amerika. Visiwa vya Farallones (Visiwa vya Farallone vya Pwani ya San Francisco) ni moja ya majina ya maeneo ya pwani ya California ambayo yametoweka katika miaka 100 ijayo. "Kutoka kwa ""Civitatum Septem Patria"" (Civitatum Septem Patria) ni hadithi ya ""Jiji Saba la Dhahabu"" ambayo ilisababisha safari kadhaa za wavumbuzi na washindi katika karne ya 16." Pia inaonyeshwa katika kazi kadhaa za utamaduni maarufu. Kulingana na hekaya, majiji saba ya dhahabu yangeweza kupatikana katika Jangwa la Sonora huko Arizona. Ramani ya Metellus inategemea ramani ya Cornelis Wytfliet ya mwaka uliopita, ramani ya mapema zaidi iliyowekwa wakfu kwa California na Kusini Magharibi. Metellus, ambaye jina lake halisi lilikuwa Jean Matthal, alikuwa mchoraji wa ramani wa Kifaransa mwenye ustadi, ambaye alikufa mwaka wa 1597. Yaelekea ramani hizo zilitengenezwa na Conrad Loew, jina bandia la Matthias Quad. Kwa sababu ya kuonekana kwa kazi ya Metellus, Wittfliecht ilibadilishwa na kuanzishwa katika 1597 na baadaye katika 1597. Burden adhani kwamba kazi ya Wytfliet ilichapishwa kwanza. Ramani hizo zinafanana sana, isipokuwa kwamba majina machache ya maeneo katika Metellus yameondolewa. Ramani ya Metellus ni nadra zaidi kati ya ramani mbili, hii ndiyo mfano pekee ambao tumewahi kuuza. Ramani muhimu kwa wakusanyaji wa California. Johannes Matthäus Metellus (Jana Matthäus, au Johannes Metellus Sequens) alikuwa mwanafunzi wa kwanza wa Kifaransa na mwanafunzi wa kwanza wa Kifaransa. 1517 - Mwaka wa 1517 Akiwa msomi wa mambo ya kibinadamu, alikuwa msomi wa mambo mengi aliyejitolea kwa ajili ya uchoraji-ramani, jiografia, sheria, paleografia, na uchoraji-rakibu. Alipokuwa amefika mwishoni mwa maisha yake alichapisha mfululizo wa ramani; ramani zake zote na ramani zake ni nadra na zinatafutwa sana. Matal alisomea katika Dole, Freiburg, na taasisi kadhaa za Italia. Huko Bologna, alikutana na Antonio Agustín, msomi wa sheria Mhispania, ambaye alimchagua Matal awe katibu wake. Pamoja, wanaume hao walifanya utafiti wa sheria za kanisa, wakikazia hasa hati za kisheria za Kiroma, na kusafiri kwenda Venice, Florence, na sehemu nyingine za Italia kujifunza maandishi ya kale. Mwaka 1555, walienda Uingereza ili kukutana na Malkia Mary katika safari ya kanisa. Baada ya kuacha kazi yake pamoja na Agustín, Matal alisafiri katika Nchi za Chini na hatimaye akaishi Cologne. Huko, alishirikiana na wasomi wengine, hasa Georg Cassander na Pedro Ximénez. Ilikuwa huko Cologne kwamba Matal alianza kupendezwa sana na kutengeneza ramani. Alisaidia katika kitabu cha Braun na Hogenberg Civitae Orbis Terrarum; Georg Braun alimfafanua kwa maneno yenye kupendeza, "vir omni scientiarum genere praestans" "mtu mashuhuri katika kila aina ya maarifa". Alipokuwa mzee, Matal alianza kutayarisha ramani za ulimwengu wote mzima. Katika mwaka wa 1594, alichapisha ramani ya Ufaransa, Austria, na Uswisi (39 ramani), katika mwaka wa 1595 ramani ya Hispania (10 ramani), na baada ya kifo chake, ramani ya Italia (37 ramani), na moja ya Ujerumani na Uholanzi (55 ramani). Ramani nyingi kati ya hizo ziliunganishwa na kuongezwa kuwa atles za Ulaya, Asia, Afrika, Amerika, na visiwa vya ulimwengu. Katika mwaka wa 1602, kitabu cha Speculum Orbis Terrae kilichapishwa na watu wengi, na kwa sasa ni kitu cha kawaida sana. Katika mwaka wa 1598 alipoteza mapo yake ya kwanza na ya kwanza, na baada ya kifo chake, mapo ya kwanza yaliandikwa na Conrad Loew.