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Title
Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio
Henry Raup Wagner Collection of Maps and Atlases
Creator
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Date Created and/or Issued
1570
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
Engraved map, 50 x 36.5, in the Abraham Ortelius Theatrum. Antwerp. 1570. A reduction of part of No. 75 [Wagner's Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800, Volume II, page 283] on a different projection with a few additions.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
mam00006
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll14/id/8
Language
Spanish
Latin
Subject
North America - Maps
Cartouche
Continents
Western Hemisphere
Ocean
North America
South America
North America - Maps - Early works to 1800
South America - Maps - Early works to 1800
Antarctica - Maps - Early works to 1800
Place
North America
South America
Pacific Ocean
Antarctica
Atlantic Ocean
Source
Original map, 20.25 x 15 inches: Henry Raup Wagner Collection of Maps and Atlases, folder w80a
Relation
Maps and Mapping at The Claremont Colleges - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll14

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