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In 1587, Ortelius revised the map of the Americas that appeared in his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The changes found on this second edition are more extensive than generally thought, and are evidence of the care that he took in keeping his maps as current as possible. The most apparent change was the removal of the large bulge on the west coast of South America. On the east coast of North America, an eastward flowing river, which may be the Chesapeake Bay, was also added. If correctly identified, this would be the first appearance of the Chesapeake Bay on a printed map.
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Document identity
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x633fb150
label
Americae siue noui orbis, noua descriptio
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
x633fb150
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Americae siue noui orbis, noua descriptio
description
In 1587, Ortelius revised the map of the Americas that appeared in his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The changes found on this second edition are more extensive than generally thought, and are evidence of the care that he took in keeping his maps as current as possible. The most apparent change was the removal of the large bulge on the west coast of South America. On the east coast of North America, an eastward flowing river, which may be the Chesapeake Bay, was also added. If correctly identified, this would be the first appearance of the Chesapeake Bay on a printed map.
date
["1587"]
year
1587
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
reuseAllowed
creative commons
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_001144
creators
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Mapping Boston Collection
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
America--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
Antwerp
publisher
[s.n.]
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
jq086303k
schema:latitude
42.284495
schema:longitude
-101.123047
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 35 x 48 cm.
notes
Title from ornamental cartouche.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially.
"Cum privilegio decennali ab Ortelius delineab et execudeb. 1587."
Decorative corners & title.
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no
dcId
x633fb150
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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5465454b950cadc5