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Document identity
localId
3f462s48h
label
America sive novvs orbis respectv Evropaeorvm inferior globi terrestris pars
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f462s48h
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
America sive novvs orbis respectv Evropaeorvm inferior globi terrestris pars
description
Relief shown pictorially.
date
["[1596]"]
year
1596
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_009911
creators
Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
White, John, fl. 1585-1593
Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, d. 1588
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Central America--Maps--Early works to 1800
South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
America--Discovery and exploration--Maps--Early works to 1800
Western Hemisphere--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
Francofurti ad Moenum
publisher
Formis Theod. de Bry
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
58.166
schema:longitude
-104.466
extent
1 map ; 28 cm. in diam., on sheet 33 x 41 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Four explorers support the circle enclosing the hemisphere in a maritime landscape. The explorers with dates of their discoveries are from top left: Christopher Columbus (1492) and Amerigo Vespucci (1497); from bottom left: Ferdinand Magellan (1519), and Francisco Pizarro (1526).
Includes illustrations of ships and a monstrous fish.
First map of America to show the White-le Moyne geography of Virginia and Florida.
From part 6 of de Bry's Grands voyages.
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no
dcId
3f462s48h
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
mediaId
97910917a34856b9