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Americae nova tabula

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

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Additional authors
  1. White, John, active 1585-1593
  2. Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
  3. Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.
Description
  1. 1 map : hand colored; 41 x 56 cm, on sheet 50 x 59 cm
Alternative title
  1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). NA001.4.03
Subject
  1. Western Hemisphere > Maps > Early works to 1800
  2. America > Maps > Early works to 1800
  3. Early Maps
  4. America > Discovery and exploration > Early works to 1800
  5. Indians of North America > Maps > Early works to 1800
Genre/Form
  1. Early Maps.
Call number
  1. Map Div. 15-5008 Filed with North and South America [1635]]
Note
  1. Relief shown pictorially.
  2. Includes latitude and longitude.
  3. "Cum privilegio decem annorum."
  4. Illustrated with sea monsters and ships bearing different flags.
  5. Shows North and South America, the western tips of Europe and Africa in the east.
  6. 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.
  7. Inset: Greenland and Iceland.
  8. Includes a description of Greenland and Iceland near inset.
  9. Latin text with signature "America A", catchword "nis" and "I" in upper right on verso
Indexed in (note)
  1. Tooley, R.V. Mapping of America
  2. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Author
  1. Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638, cartographer.
Title
  1. Americae nova tabula / auct: Guiljelmo Blaeuw.
Publisher
  1. [Amsterdam] : Joan Blaeu, [1635]
Cartographic data
  1. Scale approximately 1:45,000,000 (W 171°--W 5°/N 77°--S 60°).
Type of content
  1. cartographic image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. sheet
Indexed in:
  1. Tooley, R.V. Mapping of America, p. 297
  2. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 1, page 212, column 2, no. 5
Local note
  1. Accession number 53553 stamp in ink at lower left.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Place of publication
  1. Netherlands Amsterdam.
Added author
  1. White, John, active 1585-1593, artist.
  2. Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673, publisher.
  3. Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Theatrum orbis terrarum.
Research call number
  1. Map Div. 15-5008 Filed with North and South America [1635]]
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