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Source Description
Lacks indication of cardinal directions.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
wd376502m
label
Americae sive Indiae Occidentalis
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
wd376502m
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Americae sive Indiae Occidentalis
description
Lacks indication of cardinal directions.
date
["[1659]"]
year
1659
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_002542
creators
Clüver, Philipp, 1580-1622
Elzevir, Louis, 1604-1670
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
America
Mesoamerica
North America
North and Central America
South America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Amsterdam
publisher
Elzevier
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
42.284495
schema:longitude
-101.123047
extent
1 map ; 12 x 12 cm.
notes
Lacks indication of cardinal directions.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
From: Introductionis in Universam geographicam by Philipp Clüver.
Burden states that this map also appears in some later Elzevier and B. Broedelet editions of the atlas.
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no
dcId
wd376502m
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
420cb565032864a1