Islario
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An islario is a Spanish
term for a map showing the islands of an ocean, continent or nation.
Alonzo de Santa Cruz
created a famous islario called the "Islario General" in 1542 at the request of Spanish King Phillip II
. The full name of this work is Islario general de todas las islas del mundo (or roughly, general islario of all the islands in the world). This was a monumental undertaking, composed of 8 regional maps and 103 local maps, and a map of Mexico.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
term for a map showing the islands of an ocean, continent or nation.
Alonzo de Santa Cruz
Alonzo de Santa Cruz
Alonzo de Santa Cruz was a Spanish cartographer, mapmaker, instrument maker, historian and teacher. He was born about 1505, and died in November of 1567...
created a famous islario called the "Islario General" in 1542 at the request of Spanish King Phillip II
Philip II of Spain
Philip II was King of Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily, and, while married to Mary I, King of England and Ireland. He was lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories such as duke or count....
. The full name of this work is Islario general de todas las islas del mundo (or roughly, general islario of all the islands in the world). This was a monumental undertaking, composed of 8 regional maps and 103 local maps, and a map of Mexico.