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Source Description
Map of the Atlantic Ocean and the New World. This map shows the newly discovered islands in the Caribbean and the northern coastline of South America, since the first voyage of Columbus some 40 or so years earlier.
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Document identity
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9g54xj68z
label
Oceani occidetalis seu terre nove tabula
core
obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
9g54xj68z
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Oceani occidetalis seu terre nove tabula
description
Map of the Atlantic Ocean and the New World. This map shows the newly discovered islands in the Caribbean and the northern coastline of South America, since the first voyage of Columbus some 40 or so years earlier.
date
["1525"]
year
1525
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_007999
creators
Ptolemy, 2nd cent
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Atlantic Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
America
Atlantic Ocean
Mesoamerica
North America
North and Central America
South America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg]
publisher
Iohannes Grieningerus
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
schema:latitude
42.284495
schema:longitude
-101.123047
extent
1 map ; 29 x 36 cm.
notes
Map of the Atlantic Ocean and the New World. This map shows the newly discovered islands in the Caribbean and the northern coastline of South America, since the first voyage of Columbus some 40 or so years earlier.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes names of places and natural features.
Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso.
Appears in the author's Geographia, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer, with annotations by Joannes Regiomontanus. Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg] : Iohannes Grieningerus, communibus Iohannis Koberger impensis excudebat, anno a Christi Natiuitate 1525 tertio Kal[endas] Apriles.
Text in Latin.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Atlas scanned by Internet Archive http://archive.org/details/claudiiptolemaei00ptol
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9g54xj68z
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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