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Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.
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Title:Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.
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Author/Creator:Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598, cartographer.
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Other Contributors/Collections:Andrew McCormick Collection.
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Published/Created:[Antwerpen] : [Coppens van Diest], 1573.
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In: Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antwerpen : Coppens van Diest,1573. 1 p., [192]
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Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
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Call Number: G3290 1573 .O7
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Links:Andrew McCormick Collection
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Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS framedWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800.
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Description:Scale approximately 1:44,000,000 ; (W 204°--W 24°/N 70°--S 70°).
1 map : colored ; 38 x 51 cm.
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Summary:Brightly hand coloured map copper engraving depicting the lower half of North America and South America. Illustrative borders surround map and title. Shows three ships sailing eastward in the Atlantic, one ship sailing westward. Map shows Americas, Pacific Ocean and Australia.
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Local note:UBC has a copy in the Andrew McCormick Collection, listed as mccormick_8
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Notes:Relief shown pictorially.
Map originally located from source: Theatrum orbis terrarum. 1 p., [192] l. incl. 69 col. Maps. Fol. 1573
Prime meridian: Cape verde.