Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.

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Title: Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.
Alternative Title: America, die newe Welt oder Inseln so hinder Hispania gegen Orient bey dem Landt Indie gelegen
Newen Inseln so hinder Hispaniam gegen Orient bey dem Landt Indie gelegen
Creator: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Contributor: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. Cosmographia
Published / Created: 1588?]
Publication Place: [Basel :
Publisher: s.n.,
Description: Appeared in Münster's Cosmographia.
Covers also the Pacific including New Guinea and Antarctica, i.e. Meridies terra del fuego.
In the right-hand panel of text surmounting the map, the words Nova Francia appear in italic text rather than roman and the last word in the second line is Spanien.
On verso: America, die newe Welt/ oder Inseln/ so hinder His-pania gegen Orient / bey dem Landt Indie gelegen. XXVI.
Relief shown pictorially.
Sheet measures 33.4 x 39.3 cm. Cross Collection no. 113.
Text in German; place names in Latin or Spanish.
Title at top: Die newen Inseln/ so hinder Hispania gegen Orient/ bey dem Landt Indie gelegen.
Extent: 1 map ; 29.2 x 34.3 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale not given.
Coordinates: a
Language: German
Latin
Spanish; Castilian

Format: cartographic
Genre: Maps
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Geographic): America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Pacific Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800
Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name): Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. Cosmographia

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Citation: Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 67