Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick

Robert Dudley (7 August, 1574 Sheen Palace, Surrey – 6 September, 1649 Florence) was the son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and the author of Dell'Arcano del Mare.

Other significant maps

"Carta Particolare Che Mosta Il Capo Buona Speranza" was one of the 130 sea maps of Dudley's Dell'Arcano illustrating the coast from south-west Africa to Cape Fria and the Cape of Good Hope. Engraved by Lucini for 'Dell' Arcano del Mare', (Florence 1646), the map was said to be "the first English sea-atlas of the whole World".

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

"Carta Quarta Generale di Europa", (1646): shows the west coast of France, southward from la Rochelle, and the northern most coast of Spain.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

"Carta Particolare della Costa Australe scoperta dalla Ollandesia", (1646):

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

According to Tooley, this map "is the first separately printed map of Australia" and is therefore of historical significance.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

"Carta Particolare della Rio d' Amazone con la costa sin al fiume Maranhan" also of 1646 records the tributaries of the Amazon River.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

"Carta particolare che comincia con l' Isola di S. Tomaso o Tome" is a partial atlas showing the coast of Africa, including several islands and illustration.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

"Carta particolare della Brasilia Australe che comincia dala Poro del Spirito Santo e finisce con il capo Bianco" reveals a section of the Brazilian south coast at Sao Paulo with the region after known as Rio de Janeiro.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Of all the pages in the Dudley atlas only two maps are untitled, these exclusively containing respective dedications to the Grand Duke and Duchess of Tuscany.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

permission to quote source. Susan Melton Bruneni. Date: 01 June 2004

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~