Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.
"Cum Privilegio decennali Ab. Ortelius delineab. et excudeb. 1587."; Appears in the author's Theatrum orbis terrarum. English ed.; Includes ill., decorative cartouche and borders.; Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection; 754.; National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.; Relief shown pictorically.; Text on verso: The New World, commonly called America.; Citation/Reference: Phillips 3410; Citation/Reference: Tooley, R.V. Mapping of America, p. 321
- Date
- 1606
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Scan by NYPL
- Archive
- New York Public Library (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- chart
- Original size
- 4,407 × 3,740 pixels
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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
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