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• Title:Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio / cum privilegio decennali Ab. Ortelius delineab. et excudeb. 1587.
  
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• Author/Creator:Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.
  
• Published/Created:[Antwerp : Impresso en Anvers por Christoval Plantino, 1588].
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS mapsWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G3290.1587 O7 1588
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:Shelved at: Loc 4
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Geographical myths--Maps.
  America--16th century--Maps.
  Western Hemisphere--16th century--Maps.
  
• Description:Scale ca.[1:38 016 000] ; (E 180 ̊-E 360 ̊/ N 65 ̊-S 65 ̊).
  1 map : engraved, ms. col., pictorial relief ; 34 x 46. 6 cm. ;
  
• Notes:Colonies; cities; ships; sea monster; decorative cartouche, and note in blank part of North America.
  Shows Anian and Quivira in Pacific Northwest area.
  Watermark in right half.
  Verso: El Orbe Nvevo. -- page of text in Spanish, with coloured initial Q; page numbered 5.
  See: Koeman, v.3 p.52, Ort 23; see also: PAC 648.
  From: Theatro de la Tierra Universal / de Abraham Ortelio.