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Source Description
This is the first printed map to show North and South America as separate continents connected by an isthmus.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
85489
label
Novae Insulae
core
obj
dtoType
map
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
85489
sourceUrl
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Novae Insulae
description
This is the first printed map to show North and South America as separate continents connected by an isthmus.
provenance
W. Graham Arader III, Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jean and Sidney Silber, Baltimore, May 15, 1980, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2011, by gift.
date
1540
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
maps
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
dimensions
units
cm
width
53.3
height
69.5
depth
3
med
woodcut
cul
creator_ids
8718
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
dimensionsRaw
Framed: H: 21 × W: 27 3/8 × D: 1 3/16 in. (53.3 × 69.5 × 3 cm)
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
b1a4db202c8a131e