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Map of North and South America showing line of demarcation of Pope Alexander VI in A.D. 1493 and Prime meridian fixed on Ferro, Canary Islands by declaration of Louis XIII. Relief shown pictorially.

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Document identity
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2514p116m
label
Carte d'Amerique divisées en ses principales parties
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
2514p116m
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Carte d'Amerique divisées en ses principales parties
description
Map of North and South America showing line of demarcation of Pope Alexander VI in A.D. 1493 and Prime meridian fixed on Ferro, Canary Islands by declaration of Louis XIII. Relief shown pictorially.
date
["1774"]
year
1774
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
French
identifierLocal
06_01_005970
creators
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
1774
subjectsGeographic
America
Mesoamerica
North America
North and Central America
South America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Amsterdam
publisher
Chez Covens & Mortier & Covens Junior
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
42.284495
schema:longitude
-101.123047
extent
1 map : col. ; 47 x 59 cm.
notes
Map of North and South America showing line of demarcation of Pope Alexander VI in A.D. 1493 and Prime meridian fixed on Ferro, Canary Islands by declaration of Louis XIII. Relief shown pictorially.
In upper margin: America accurate in imperia, regna, status et populos divisa, ad usum Ludovici XV galliarum regis.
In lower right margin: J. Condet. sc.
In French.
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2514p116m
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map
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