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Title: Nova Europae Descriptio / Auctore N. Visscher
Creator: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679, cartographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1645
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
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Description: "Europa limites habet ab Occidente Oceanum: ab Oriente Mare Aegau. Pontum Euxinum, Meotidem Paludem & fluvium Tanian, ma quo recta linea ad Sinum Granvicum ducta, ab Asia se paratur; a Septentrione Mare Hyperboreum a Meridie vero Mare Mediterraneum." Uncolored as originally issued with towns and figures in the surround. Vignettes: Ten cities. Eight costumed figures. Six monarch portraits. MS note on verso: "175"; "280369"; "156"; "2.50". Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map ; 44 x 57 cm., sheet 45 x 57 cm.
Identifier: 280369
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/2638
Language: Latin
Time Period: 1645
Place: Europe
W 40°
E 60°/N 70°
N 35°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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