America sive novvs orbis respectv Evropaeorvm inferior globi terrestris pars
Item Information
- Title:
- America sive novvs orbis respectv Evropaeorvm inferior globi terrestris pars
- Title (alt.):
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America sive novus orbis respectu Europaeorum inferior globi terrestris pars
- Creator:
- Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
- Contributor:
- White, John, fl. 1585-1593
- Contributor:
- Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, d. 1588
- Date:
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[1596]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center - Collection (local):
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Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
- Subjects:
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North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Central America--Maps--Early works to 1800
South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
America--Discovery and exploration--Maps--Early works to 1800
Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
- Places:
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North America (area)
South America
Mesoamerica (area)
South America
America
- Extent:
- 1 map ; 28 cm. in diam., on sheet 33 x 41 cm.
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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Francofurti ad Moenum :
Formis Theod. de Bry
- Scale:
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Scale [ca. 1:30,000,000]
- Language:
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Latin
- Notes:
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Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Four explorers support the circle enclosing the hemisphere in a maritime landscape. The explorers with dates of their discoveries are from top left: Christopher Columbus (1492) and Amerigo Vespucci (1497); from bottom left: Ferdinand Magellan (1519), and Francisco Pizarro (1526).
Includes illustrations of ships and a monstrous fish.
First map of America to show the White-le Moyne geography of Virginia and Florida.
From part 6 of de Bry's Grands voyages.
- Notes (date):
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This date is inferred.
- Identifier:
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06_01_009911
- Call #:
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BPL Rare Books Dept. G.281.51
- Barcode:
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30000003908840
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