BORDONE, Benedetto.

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Isolario nel qual si ragiona di tutte l'isole del mondo, First Aldine edition of this pioneering atlas of islands, the first of its kind to encompass the known world. For European audiences, its unprecedented cartographic innovations included providing a regional map of the Americas and a detailed plan of Tenochtitlan, illustrating Asian islands in separate maps, and representing Japan as an island.The isolario, or "book of islands", was a cartographic form developed in Italy in the 15th century as an illustrated guide for sailors. Bordone's Isolario was published in 1528 by Zoppino in Venice and reprinted in 1534. It was the second printed isolario, preceded only by a shorter work by Bartolomeo Sonetti published in 1485, which focused exclusively on the Aegean Sea. This Aldine edition, the third overall, was printed from the same woodblocks of the first.The atlas begins with an introductory section featuring maps of Europe and of the world, followed by three books respectively dealing with Northern Europe and America, the Mediterranean Sea, and Asia. The text illustrates over 100 islands and provides lengthy descriptions of their history, geography, culture, and mythology. Orientation in the maps is provided through eight rays representing the compass winds.Bordone's world map was the first widely circulated map showing the world on an oval projection and the first to appear in an isolario. It is based on an earlier version devised by Franco Rosselli in 1508, but with import

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