Descripcion de las Indias del Poniente [map].

Author
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, 1559-1625 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
Spanish
Published/​Created
[Madrid? 175-?]
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:24,000,000]. (E 94°52ʹ00ʺ--E 163°56ʹ00ʺ/N 45°00ʹ00ʺ--S 15°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col. ; 20 x 28 cm.

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Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.6359 D Alcove 16, Drawer 2 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Notes
    • Map of the coast of China and parts of the Philippines, Northern Mariana Islands and Solomon Islands.
    • "14."
    • Plate 14 from: Descripción de las Indias Occidentales / de Antonio de Herrera.
    • The maps were also used in the Amsterdam, 1622 and Madrid, 1725, and 1727 eds. of the Descripción. cf. Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers.
    • Watermark and countermark in Princeton copy is: Buñol, followed by a fleur-de-lys; Gaspar. Solernou.
    • Gaspar Solernou established a papermill in this region of Valencia ca. 1751.
    OCLC
    216942144
    International Standard Recording Code
    • HM2008-32
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