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Asiae nova descriptio [map].
Author
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
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Format
Map
Language
Latin
Published/Created
[Antwerp? : Plantin?, between 1575 and 1612]
Description
Scale [ca. 1:28,000,000]. (E 19°00ʹ00ʺ--E 159°00ʹ00ʺ/N 85°00ʹ00ʺ--S 25°00ʹ00ʺ).
1 map ; 36 x 48 cm.
Details
Subject(s)
Asia
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Maps
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Early works to 1800
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Donor
McCabe, Robert A., 1934-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Maps
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Getty AAT genre
Maps
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Asia
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1575
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Related work(s)
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.
Theatrum orbis terrarum.
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Notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Probably issued in Ortelius' Theatrum orbis terrarum; this version of his Asia map appeared in the Theatrum from 1575 to 1612. cf. Broecke, M.P.R. van den, Ortelius atlas maps.
Without text on verso; Broecke does not describe this issue.
Source acquisition
Historic maps copy is gift of Robert A. McCabe, Princeton Class of 1956.
References
Broecke, M.P.R. van den. Ortelius atlas maps 7
OCLC
927345561
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