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Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio

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Scope and Content Notes

From Map Card:

Antwerpt, Netherlands

Scale 1:4,000,000

Atlas plate no. 2 in Theatrum orbis Terrarum, 1570, by Abraham Ortelius

See Phillips Atlases, v.1, p.130 (#374).

Shows North and South America, place names, major drainage, islands.

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Title(s): 
Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio; A New Representation of America, or the New World
Creator(s): 
Abraham Ortelius (Author)
Culture: 
Flemish
Date: 
1570
Dimensions: 
Overall: Length: 17 5/8 inches, Width: 22 1/4 inches, Inside neatline: Length: 14 1/2 inches, Width: 19 7/8 inches
Classification: 
Maps and Atlases
Object Type: 
Atlas Map
Accession No: 
3965.569
Previous Number(s): 
Map 3; 79755; Map 3
Department: 
Archive
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