Typus orbis terrarum
Item Information
- Title:
- Typus orbis terrarum
- Creator:
- Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
- Date:
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[ca. 1608–1612]
- Format:
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Maps/Atlases
- Location:
- Phillips Academy
- Collection (local):
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Sidney R. Knafel Map Collection at Phillips Academy, Andover MA
- Subjects:
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World maps
- Extent:
- 1 map : hand col. ; 36 x 49 cm.
- Terms of Use:
-
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
- Publisher:
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[Antwerp] :
[Abraham Ortelius]
- Scale:
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Scale [ca. 1:80,000,000]
- Language:
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Latin
- Notes:
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Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Includes ill. and medallions in corners with quotations from Cicero and Seneca.
Text on verso, titled Il circuito della terra.
From an Italian edition of Ortelius' Theatrum orbis terrarum.
- Notes (citation):
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Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 158
- Notes (language):
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Map in Latin. Text on verso in Italian.
- Identifier:
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1429