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Source Description
This is the second state of this famous map in which the accuracy of the shape of South America is considerably improved. It is printed from the second plate depicting North and South America which removed the bulge from the southwest coast of South America.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
85492
label
America Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio
core
obj
dtoType
map
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
85492
sourceUrl
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
America Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio
description
This is the second state of this famous map in which the accuracy of the shape of South America is considerably improved. It is printed from the second plate depicting North and South America which removed the bulge from the southwest coast of South America.
provenance
W. Graham Arader III, Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jean and Sidney Silber, Baltimore, January 23, 1979, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2011, by gift.
date
1587-1595
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
maps
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
Source extras
dimensions
units
cm
width
54.4
height
68.7
depth
2.5
med
handcolored engraving
cul
creator_ids
8716
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
dimensionsRaw
Framed: H: 21 7/16 × W: 27 1/16 × D: 1 in. (54.4 × 68.7 × 2.5 cm)
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
bba20ea98100affd