COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
08720
File Name:
08720-023
Call number:
Z Z1 /6 3-SIZE
Map title:
Americae sive Novi Orbis, nova descriptio.
Place of Publication:
Paris
Publication date:
[1579]
Map size height:
55 cm.
Map size width:
74 cm.
Item description:
engraved map [23] of 33 maps, hand colored
Geographical description:
Map of North and South America. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, locations of rivers and some settlements. Decorative elements include ships, boats, and sea monsters.
Source title:
The World: N. & S. America
Source place:
[Providence? 1840]
Cartobibliographic notes:
A ms. note indicates the date is 1579. This map is an earlier version of 08720-022.
References:
Broecke, M.P.R. van den Ortelius Atlas Maps, No. 9; Burden P.D. Mapping of North America, 64
Geographic Area:
Western hemisphere
Normalized date:
1579
Creator:
Tatton, Gabriel
Americae sive Novi Orbis, nova descriptio.
