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Document identity
localId
6t053q80b
label
Cuba Insula ; Hispaniola Insula
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6t053q80b
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Cuba Insula ; Hispaniola Insula
description
Relief shown pictorially.
date
["[1633]"]
year
1633
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_006349
creators
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
Antilles, Greater--Maps--Early works to 1800
Virgin Islands of the United States--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Greater Antilles
North and Central America
Virgin Islands of the United States
West Indies
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Amsterdam
publisher
Hendrik Hondius
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
20
schema:longitude
-74
extent
5 maps on 1 sheet ; 17 x 36 cm. or smaller, on sheet 48 x 57 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: [Ferro].
Cuba Insula includes inset "Havana portus celeberimus totius indiae Occidentalis."
Ancillary maps: Insula Iamaica -- Ins. S. Ioannis -- Is. Margareta cum confiniis.
French text on verso; with caption title "Les isles de la Cuba, Espaignole, Iamaique, de S. Iean et Margarite," paginated 701, 704, with signatures 8P.
Bar scale in "miliaria Germanica" and "leucae Hispanicae."
From Hendrik Hondius's Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii Atlas ... A Amsterdam : Chez Henry Hondius, 1633.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
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no
dcId
6t053q80b
type
map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
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