Typus orbis terrarum [map] / Franciscus Hogenbergus sculpsit.

Author
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[Antwerp : Diesth, 1572]
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:80,000,000]. (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/N 90°00ʹ00ʺ--S 90°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col. ; 26 x 50 cm. on sheet 40 x 54 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Engraver
Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590 [Browse]
Getty AAT genre
Related work(s)
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Theatrum orbis terrarum. German [Browse]
Notes
  • World map with relief shown pictorially.
  • German text on verso with caption title: Der gantzen Welt Kreyss. Signature: I.
  • From: Theatrum oder Schawplatz des Erdbodems ... [Antorff : Gielis von Diest, 1572]
Source acquisition
Historic Maps copy is gift of Holly and Henry Wendt, Princeton Class of 1955.
References
  • Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world 122
  • Wendt, H. Envisioning the world 16
OCLC
846794908
International Standard Recording Code
HM 2013-40
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