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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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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 15-5009 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Additional Authors
- 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. 297New 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.
- Connect to:
- 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]]