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COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
8959
File Name:
8959-3
Call number:
Codex Latin 1
Map title:
[Map of Pacific Ocean]
Place of Publication:
[Basel]
Publication date:
[ca. 1513]
Map size height:
16.7 cm.
Map size width:
26.6 cm.
Item description:
manuscript map; leaf [25] recto, hand coloring
Geographical description:
Map of the Pacific Ocean showing part of North and South America as two islands. Also shows a large island to the west of North America and two large islands in the Caribbean. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude.
Source author:
Glareanus, Henricus, 1488-1563
Source title:
De geometriae principiis ad sphaerae astronomicae noticiam neces sariis. caput primum
Source place:
[Basel]
Geographic Area:
World
Historical notes:
The author, Henri Loriti or Heinrich Loritz, was called Glareanus after his birthplace, Glaris, in Switzerland.
Normalized date:
1513
Creator:
Henricus Glareanus

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