Peruuiae auriferæ regionis typus / Didaco Mendezio auctore.

Author
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[Antwerp] : [Plantin], [1608?]
Description
  • (W 82°30ʹ00ʺ--W 57°30ʹ00ʺ/N 12°30ʹ00ʺ--S 25°29ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col. ; 33 x 21 cm.

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Special Collections - Rare Books Historic Map Collection HMC01.928 D Alcove 30, Drawer 5 Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Notes
    • Shows portion of Central America and northwestern South America.
    • Relief shown pictorially.
    • Appears in the author's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Addidtamentum III. The two Italian editions of 1608 and 1612 are identical. cf. Burden, P.D. The mapping of North America, p. 72.
    • Includes ill.
    • Italian text on verso; signature 9.
    • Originally issued on sheet with 2 other maps.
    Source acquisition
    Historic Maps copy is gift of Robert A. McCabe, Princeton class of 1956.
    References
    • Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America 57
    • Broecke, M. P. R. van den. Ortelius atlas maps Ort 15a
    Other title(s)
    Pervviae avriferae regionis typvs
    OCLC
    709684742
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