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
- Description:
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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). First map of America to show the White-le Moyne geography of Virginia and Florida.
- Creator:
- Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
- Contributor:
- White, John, active 1585-1593
- Contributor:
- Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588
- Date:
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[1596?]
- 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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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 and Central America
South America
- Extent:
- 1 map ; 28 cm. in diam., on sheet 33 x 41 cm.
- Terms of Use:
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Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
- 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 (citation):
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Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 91
- Identifier:
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1449
- Call #:
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G.281.51
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