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Title
Americae Mappa generalis Secundum legimitas projectionis Stereiographiae regulas
Honnold/Mudd Library Map Collection
Creator
Homann Erben (Firm)
Date Created and/or Issued
1746
Publication Information
Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Maps and Mapping at The Claremont Colleges
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description
Hand-colored map includes detailed locations and landmarks of North and South America's interiors and territories of the Spanish and French, following the French and Indian War. The northern Pacific coast is entirely missing. The cartouche depicts native people of the Americas, flora and fauna, and an erupting volcano.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
mam00061.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll14/id/71
Language
Latin
Subject
Cartography
Continents
Indians of North America
Maps
Native American tribes
North America
North America - Description and travel
North America - Maps
North America - Maps - Early works to 1800
South America
South America - Maps - Early works to 1800
Voyages and travels - Early works to 1800
Western Hemisphere
Cartouche
Place
North America
Central America
South America
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Source
Original map, 53 x 65 cm: Honnold/Mudd Library map collection, folder 513
Relation
Maps and Mapping at The Claremont Colleges - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll14

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