euphrosynus

Updated: May 5, 2025

But no person, unacquainted with the letter, can determine from this inscription, or any other part of the map, the date either of the discovery or map; and this precise difficulty Euphrosynus Ulpius apparently encountered in attempting to fix the time of the discovery for his globe, as will hereafter be seen.

Henry Cruse Murphy - The Voyage of Verrazzano : A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America

The unauthenticated and until recently unnoticed globe of Euphrosynus Ulpius, purporting to have been constructed in 1542, of which we will speak presently, is the only evidence yet presented of the existence of the Verrazano map, as it now appears, beyond the map itself.

Henry Cruse Murphy - The Voyage of Verrazzano : A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America

This globe purports to have been constructed by Euphrosynus Ulpios in 1542. Inscribed upon it, in a separate scroll, is a dedication, in these words; "Marcello Cervino S. R. E. Presbitero Cardinali D.D. Rome."

Henry Cruse Murphy - The Voyage of Verrazzano : A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America

Even the globe of Euphrosynus Ulpius, a name otherwise unknown, is represented to have been constructed for Marcellus, who had been archbishop of Florence. They are all the testimony of Florence in her own behalf.

Henry Cruse Murphy - The Voyage of Verrazzano : A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America