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Source Description
Double hemispherical map of the world.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
st74cw549
label
Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
st74cw549
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula
description
Double hemispherical map of the world.
date
["[1660]"]
year
1660
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_007865
creators
Wit, Frederik de.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
World maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
World
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Amsterdam
publisher
By Hendrik Doncker, boeckverkooper, en graat-boog-maker, in de Nieuwe-brug-steegh, in 't Stuurmans Gereetschap
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map : col. ; 2 hemispheres each 26 cm. in diam., on sheet 46 x 58 cm.
notes
Double hemispherical map of the world.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes illustrations of the elements: earth, air, wind and fire.
Insets: Polus arcticus -- Polus antarcticus -- Polus septentrionalis -- Systema mundi juxtamentem Claudii Ptolemaei Alexand -- Genuinum mundi systema secundum N. Copernici hypothesin -- Polus meridionalis.
From Hendrick Doncker's De zee-atlas ofte water-waereld. Amsterdam : Doncker, Anno 1660 [i.e. 1665].
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/dezeeatlasofwate00donc
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no
dcId
st74cw549
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
493ebac28803018a