Detail View: JCB Map Collection: America Meridionalis
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Accession Number:
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C-8213
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File Name:
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C-8213
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Call number:
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Cabinet G619 /1
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Map title:
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America Meridionalis
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Place of Publication:
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[Amsterdam]
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Publication date:
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[1619]
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Map size height:
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35.8 cm.
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Map size width:
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49.4 cm.
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Item description:
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engraving
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Geographical description:
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Map of South America. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, scales, and some topographical details. Decorative elements include ships, sea monsters, native American holding bow and arrow, native Americans in canoe with fire. Decorative cartouche includes women holding navigational tools such as dividers, globe, and armillary sphere. Decorative inset shows a plan of Cuzco, Peru.
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Cartobibliographic notes:
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This map was published in Mercator's Atlas, Amsterdam, 1619, and is here held separately.
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References:
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Keoman, I.C. Atlantes Neerlandici, II, 330, no. 315 (Me26A)
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Geographic Area:
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South America
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Normalized date:
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1619
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