{"id":1834678,"date":"2024-10-30T18:58:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T22:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1834678"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:41:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:41:41","slug":"newberry-library-digitizes-novacco-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/10\/newberry-library-digitizes-novacco-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Newberry Library Digitizes Novacco Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Franco Novacco Map Collection, Newberry Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Newberry Library has announced<\/a> that it has digitized the 754 maps comprising its Franco Novacco Map Collection<\/a>, which includes Italian maps from the 16th and 17th centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A large portion of the collection includes world maps of all sizes, ranging from functional to more experimental. One\u00a01590 cordiform map<\/a>, for example, places the heart-shaped world inside of a fool’s cap, resulting in an unsettling visual commentary on previous conceptions of world geography.\u00a0A 1555 map<\/a>, alternatively, presents the world in gores, or segmented parts, which can be cut out and pasted onto a sphere to create a globe. This blend of art, science, and history is at the heart of the Franco Novacco Collection. […]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Newberry Library acquired the Novacco Collection from the Venetian map collector Franco Novacco himself in 1967. Since then, the maps have only been available for viewing on-site in the Newberry\u2019s reading rooms. In early 2022, the Newberry received generous funding from Mr. Rudy L. Ruggles, Jr. and Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps to begin digitizing the entirety of the collection.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Newberry Library is in Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Newberry Library has announced that it has digitized the 754 maps comprising its Franco Novacco Map Collection, which includes Italian maps from the 16th and 17th centuries. 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