De prisca ac vera alpina Rhaetia
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| Author | Tschudi, Aegidius |
|---|---|
| Full title | De prisca ac vera alpina Rhaetia, cum caetero Alpinarum gentium tractu, nobilis ac erudita ex optimis quibusq[ue] ac probatissimis autoribus descriptio |
| Year | 1538 |
| Place | Basel |
| Publisher/Printer | Isengrin |
| Era | 16th century |
| Form/Genre | Monograph |
| Discipline/Content | Geography/Cartography, Biology |
| Digital copies | |
| Original | De prisca ac vera alpina Rhaetia (e-rara.ch)
Alternative link: MDZ, Google Books |
| Digital sourcebook | 808145 |
| Description | This is a historical, antiquarian, linguistic and chorographic description of Rhaetia. While alluding to the Roman province of Raetia, the territory Tschudi describes does not correspond to this, neither does it to contemporary Switzerland. Besides numerous ancient accounts, Tschudi can also rely on autopsy for some of the sections, as he had made two extensive travels through the Alps in 1524 and 1532. The work is a prequel to Tschudi's later Gallia Comata. This important geographical and historical work influenced later authors like Conrad Gessner, Francesco Negri and Josias Simmler. It is printed together with a detailed and influencial map of Switzerland, wich for the first time displayed all its regions in detail and was planned by Tschudi himself. The work appeared in German and in Latin at the same time, the Latin translated by Sebastian Münster to attract an international audience. The work is particularly interesting for its information about the geography of these parts of the Alps, e.g. the Gotthard as water chamber (c. 16; 33). |
| References | Koller-Weiss; Sieber 2002 |
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| How to cite this entry | Tschudi, Aegidius: De prisca ac vera alpina Rhaetia, in: Noscemus Wiki, URL: http://wiki.uibk.ac.at/noscemus/De_prisca_ac_vera_alpina_Rhaetia (last revision: 18.10.2021). |
