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Source Description
Facsimile published by the Library of Congress to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. Matches neither original state as some islands of the Azores, Canaries, and Cape Verde are joined.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
7h149w392
label
Il disegno del discoperto della noua Franza
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7h149w392
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Il disegno del discoperto della noua Franza
description
Facsimile published by the Library of Congress to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. Matches neither original state as some islands of the Azores, Canaries, and Cape Verde are joined.
date
["[1892]"]
year
1892
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Italian
identifierLocal
06_01_008402
creators
Forlani, Paolo.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Northwest Passage
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles
subjectsGeographic
North America
North and Central America
Northwest Passage
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Washington, D.C
publisher
Library of Congress
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
58.166
schema:longitude
-104.466
extent
1 map ; 27 x 39 cm.
notes
Facsimile published by the Library of Congress to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. Matches neither original state as some islands of the Azores, Canaries, and Cape Verde are joined.
Relief shown pictorially.
The plate for this map was purchased by Zaltieri in late 1565 or early 1566. He issued the map in 1566 with "Venetijs æneis formis Bolognini Zalterij Anno M.D. LXVI" added below the title.
One of the earliest maps to depict and name the Strait of Anian.
Originally published: Venice : Bolognino Zaltieri, 1566.
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no
dcId
7h149w392
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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