Tusciae antiquae typus [map] / Ex conatibus geographicis Ab. Ortelij.

Author
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[Antwerp : s.n.] 1584
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:750,000]. (E 9°08ʹ00ʺ--E 12°37ʹ00ʺ/N 43°58ʹ00ʺ--N 41°42ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map ; 31 x 47 cm.

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Library of Congress genre(s)
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Notes
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • "Cum priuilegio Imperiali et Belgico ad decennium 1584."
  • Map of ancient Tuscany, based on Bellarmati's map, supplemented by classical sources including Livy, Pliny, Cato, Virgil and Plutarch. cf. Broecke.
  • Text in German on verso with caption title: Tuscia; p. 11.
  • From: Theatrum oder Schawbüch des Erdtkreÿs. Antwerpen, 1584.
Source acquisition
Historic Maps copy is gift of Robert A. McCabe, Princeton class of 1956.
References
Broecke, M.P.R. van der. Ortelius atlas maps 207
OCLC
885076048
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