{"status":true,"msg":{"data":{"id":60812,"auction_id":203,"set_id":236,"lot_number":"101","artist":"Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485–1557)","title":"Delle navigationi et viaggi  \n[On navigations and travels] Three volumes\nIncluding Giacomo Gastaldi’s famous Terza\nTavola map of the Philippines, in a\ncopperplate engraving edition.","starting_price":2000000,"signed_dated":"Volume I: Landmark 4th edition, containing Antonio\nPigafetta’s account of Magellan’s voyage,\nVenice: Stamperia de Giunti, 1588 \nVolume II: 3rd edition, Venice: I Giunti, 1583. \nVolume III: 2nd edition, Venice: Stamperia de Giunti,\n1565","medium":"CONDITION REPORT\nVery good condition, with all world maps included. Copperplate engraving maps, all of them in very good condition. With a white vellum-like cover.","size":null,"property":"PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS","coa":null,"provenance":"From the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, English baronet and antiquarian, considered the greatest collector of manuscripts in the 19th century.","exhibited":null,"literature":null,"write_up":"Offered here is a remarkable and complete three-volume set of Ramusio’s Delle Navigationi e Viaggi, including the exceedingly rare Ramusio-Gastaldi map.<br><br>\n\nThis represents a rare opportunity to acquire one of the earliest printed cartographic records of the Philippines, and notably, a significant example of a copperplate map that may be among the first of its kind to ever be offered at auction in the Philippines or internationally—a true cornerstone piece for collectors of Philippine history, early cartography, and exploration..<br><br>\n\nThe opening volume of Ramusio’s monumental Renaissance collection covers Africa, the Red Sea, India, and the East Indies, culminating in the Moluccas and surrounding archipelagos..<br><br>\n\nUnlike the first edition, this fourth edition includes Antonio Pigafetta’s account of Magellan’s voyage, including the first European descriptions of islands that are now part of the Philippines..<br><br>\n\nThese passages recount encounters in Homonhon, Cebu, and Mactan, as well as trade and navigation to the Moluccas. The volume also integrates early Spanish reports from Ruy López de Villalobos’ expedition, where the name ‘Filipinas’ first appears in cartographic form. Portuguese narratives detail routes and contacts across the Southeast Asian sphere, from Malacca to Mindanao, and contextualize Iberian rivalry in the spice trade..<br><br>\n\nGiacomo Gastaldi’s famous Terza Tavola map depicts Southeast Asia and the Philippines, oriented with the south at the top. The combination of texts and maps makes this volume a cornerstone for the history of European exploration in the Pacific. During two and a half centuries, this volume was the only source of Pigafetta’s account until the discovery of the original manuscript in 1800..<br><br>\n\nThe second volume, the third edition, is the definitive one, containing accounts and reports not included in the first or second editions. It focuses on Central Asia, Persia, Russia, and the Arctic..<br><br>\n\nThe third volume of Delle Navigationi et Viaggi is devoted to the conquest of the Americas, a continent that was still being geographically discovered. It features accounts of Columbus, Cortés, Pizarro, Cartier, and other explorers..<br><br>\n\nThe Ramusio-Gastaldi Map is widely regarded as the Philippines’ “birth certificate,” as it contains the earliest known appearance of the name “Filipina” on any European map. Created by the renowned Italian cartographer Giacomo Gastaldi and published in 1554 in Delle Navigationi e Viaggi by Giovanni Battista Ramusio, the map reflects how Europeans perceived Southeast Asia during the mid-16th century—a period when geographic knowledge of the region remained fragmentary and evolving..<br><br>\n\nThe name “Filipina” can be traced to Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, who in 1543 named certain islands in the Visayas after Philip II of Spain, then still Prince Felipe. Although Villalobos introduced several names across the archipelago—such as Islas de San Lázaro and Caesaria Caroli—it was “Filipina” that ultimately found its way onto Gastaldi’s map. This decision is widely believed to have been influenced by Villalobos’s surviving journals, charts, and correspondence, which were transported back to Europe and later studied by Ramusio in Venice.<br><br>\nGastaldi constructed the map using early exploration accounts, most notably the journal of Antonio Pigafetta, who recorded the historic 1521 voyage of Ferdinand Magellan. At the time, European cartographers had yet to fully chart key regions such as Luzon and much of Mindanao, resulting in a representation of the Philippine archipelago that was both partial and interpretative. The map is also notable for its south-oriented layout (with south at the top)—a convention influenced by earlier Arabic cartographic traditions—and for its vivid inclusion of sea monsters and sailing vessels, emblematic of the period’s fusion of empirical observation and maritime imagination..<br><br>\n\nThe original edition of the map was printed using a woodblock technique, but this printing block was tragically destroyed in a fire in 1557 at the workshop of its publisher. Subsequent editions, including a more refined copperplate engraving issued in 1563, allowed for greater clarity, detail, and wider circulation. These later impressions, while technically superior, differ subtly from the earlier woodblock version, which is often prized for its bold lines, primitive charm, and historical authenticity..<br><br>\n\nOver time, the name evolved from “Filipina” to “Las Islas Filipinas” in the 17th century, eventually becoming the modern “Philippines.” Initially, the term “Filipino” referred only to Spaniards born in the islands, but by the 19th century it was adopted by the local educated class and ultimately embraced by the broader population during the era of reform and revolution..<br><br>\n\nToday, the Philippines remains one of the few nations named after a foreign monarch, with over 110 million people identifying as Filipinos. The inscription of “Filipina” on the Ramusio-Gastaldi map marks a defining moment—the point at which the archipelago first acquired a recorded identity in global cartographic history. Southeast Asia, accurately depicting coastlines, islands, and trade routes while incorporating the latest information from Portuguese and Spanish voyages. By combining rigorous editorial work with state-of-the-art cartography, Navigationi et Viaggi not only preserved invaluable testimonies of discovery and encounter but also standardized and disseminated geographic knowledge in Renaissance Europe, shaping perceptions of the New World, Asia, and Africa, and becoming an indispensable reference for cartographers, scholars, and future explorers. 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