Map [Map of western South America].

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Title
[Map of western South America].
Contributor Names
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.
Thevet, André, 1502-1590.
Created / Published
[Duisburg?: s.n., 1569?]
Subject Headings
-  South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  South America
Notes
-  Relief shown pictorially.
-  Title supplied by cataloger.
-  Attributed to Gerard Mercator? Cf. Philip D. Burden's letter, April 14, 1994, to James Flatness.
-  In cartouche: Celeberrimæ prouinciæ in America versus occidentem ... Andreas Theuetus Latius hoc commemorat.
-  In lower border: Meridies.
-  Includes note and ill.
-  LC copy incomplete: One sheet of 6 sheets?
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Medium
1 map ; on sheet 55 x 43 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G5200 1569 .M2
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g5200.ct006058
Library of Congress Control Number
2010592481
Online Format
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LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/2010592481
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Mercator, Gerhard, and André Thevet. Map of western South America. [Duisburg?: s.n., ?, 1569] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010592481/.

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Mercator, G. & Thevet, A. (1569) Map of western South America. [Duisburg?: s.n., ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010592481/.

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Mercator, Gerhard, and André Thevet. Map of western South America. [Duisburg?: s.n., ?, 1569] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010592481/>.

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