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Regions and Seasons: Mariners have charted the oceans since the late 13th century. However, the 1670 map here is not a general sea chart, but is one of the first thematic maps produced. Thematic maps illustrate phenomena and related patterns, rather than locations or geographical features. When originally developed, thematic maps required mapmakers to create new techniques to display data. This map depicting ocean currents in the western hemisphere is by Athanasius Kircher, a Jesuit scholar, mathematician and mapmaker. Circulation of ocean waters and winds was one of the earliest subjects of thematic mapping, due to their navigational and commercial value to mariners.
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Document identity
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q524n411f
label
Mappa fluxus et refluxus rationes in isthmo Americano, in Freto Magellanico, cæterisque Americæ litoribus exhibens
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
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q524n411f
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Mappa fluxus et refluxus rationes in isthmo Americano, in Freto Magellanico, cæterisque Americæ litoribus exhibens
description
Regions and Seasons: Mariners have charted the oceans since the late 13th century. However, the 1670 map here is not a general sea chart, but is one of the first thematic maps produced. Thematic maps illustrate phenomena and related patterns, rather than locations or geographical features. When originally developed, thematic maps required mapmakers to create new techniques to display data. This map depicting ocean currents in the western hemisphere is by Athanasius Kircher, a Jesuit scholar, mathematician and mapmaker. Circulation of ocean waters and winds was one of the earliest subjects of thematic mapping, due to their navigational and commercial value to mariners.
date
["[1665–1678]"]
year
1665
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_015946
creators
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680
Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
Weyerstraten, Elizaeus, -1667?
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Ocean currents--America--Maps--Early works to 1800
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Atlantic Ocean
South America
South Pacific
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Amsterdam]
publisher
[Jan Jansson and Elizaeus Weyerstraten]
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
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-3.55
schema:longitude
-56.683
extent
1 map ; 34 x 41 cm
notes
Map showing ocean currents around the Americas and some geographic features.
Relief shown pictorially.
From Kircher's "Mundus subterraneus," published in 1665, 1668 and 1678.
"Tomus I 155"--Upper right corner.
Includes illustrations of ships.
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no
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q524n411f
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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dee9fc504ee5a5da