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Americae nova tabula

Title
Americae nova tabula / auct: Guiljelmo Blaeuw.
Author
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Publication
[Amsterdam] : [Joan Blaeu], [1635?]

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 15-5009Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

Details

Additional Authors
  • White, John, active 1585-1593
  • Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
  • Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.
Description
1 map : hand colored; 41 x 56 cm, on sheet 50 x 59 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). NA001.4.04
Subjects
Genre/Form
Early Maps.
Note
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • Includes latitude and longitude.
  • "Cum privilegio decem annorum."
  • Illustrated with sea monsters and ships bearing different flags.
  • Shows the western tips of Europe and Africa in the east.
  • Decorative borders depict nine town plans along the top, including Havana, Santo Domingo, Cartegena, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro, in addition to ten vignettes of Native American figures along left and right border.
  • Inset: Greenland and Iceland.
  • Includes a description of Greenland and Iceland near inset.
  • Dutch text with signature "West -Indien A ", catchword "sen", and "I" in upper right on verso.
Indexed In (note)
  • Tooley, R.V. Mapping of America
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 15-5009 [Filed with North and South America [1635]]
OCLC
85766429
Author
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638, cartographer.
Title
Americae nova tabula / auct: Guiljelmo Blaeuw.
Publisher
[Amsterdam] : [Joan Blaeu], [1635?]
Cartographic Data
Scale approximately 1:45,000,000 (W 171°--W 5°/N 77°--S 60°).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
Tooley, R.V. Mapping of America, p. 297
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 1, page 212, column 2, no. 5
Local Note
Accession number 53554 stamp in ink at lower left.
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Place of Publication
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Added Author
White, John, active 1585-1593, artist.
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673, publisher.
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Theatrum orbis terrarum.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 15-5009 [Filed with North and South America [1635]]
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