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Source Description
Shows the West Indies and Central America from Florida to the northern part of South America, including boundaries, settlements and rivers.
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Document identity
localId
6t053r62m
label
Insulæ Americanæ in Oceano Septentrionali ac regiones adiacentes
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
6t053r62m
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Insulæ Americanæ in Oceano Septentrionali ac regiones adiacentes
description
Shows the West Indies and Central America from Florida to the northern part of South America, including boundaries, settlements and rivers.
date
["[ca. 1692]"]
year
1692
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_010511
creators
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
Central America--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Mesoamerica
North and Central America
West Indies
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Amsterdam
publisher
Visscher
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
10
schema:longitude
-80
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 45 x 55 cm.
notes
Shows the West Indies and Central America from Florida to the northern part of South America, including boundaries, settlements and rivers.
Relief shown pictorially.
Longitude from an unspecificied meridian.
Title and scale in ornamental cartouches.
"Cum Privilegio Ordinum Hollandiæ et Westfrisiæ."
Text in Latin.
State 2 (Burden, P. Mapping of North America II, 531).
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
6t053r62m
type
map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
bdaea9531decada3