Detail View: JCB Map Collection: [Map of Pacific Ocean]
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Accession Number:
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8959
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File Name:
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8959-3
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Call number:
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Codex Latin 1
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Map title:
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[Map of Pacific Ocean]
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Place of Publication:
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[Basel]
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Publication date:
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[ca. 1513]
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Map size height:
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16.7 cm.
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Map size width:
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26.6 cm.
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Item description:
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manuscript map; leaf [25] recto, hand coloring
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Geographical description:
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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.
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Source author:
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Glareanus, Henricus, 1488-1563
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Source title:
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De geometriae principiis ad sphaerae astronomicae noticiam neces sariis. caput primum
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Source place:
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[Basel]
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Geographic Area:
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World
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Historical notes:
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The author, Henri Loriti or Heinrich Loritz, was called Glareanus after his birthplace, Glaris, in Switzerland.
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Normalized date:
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1513
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Creator:
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Henricus Glareanus
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