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Title

  • Cosmographiae introductio : cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis : insuper quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes : vniuersalis cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido q[uam] plano, eis etiam insertis quae Ptholom[a]eo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt.

Names

  • Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519.
  • Lud, Gauthier, 1448-1527, printer.
  • Rodríguez, José María, 1870-1946, former owner.
  • Riviere & Son, binder.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Vrbs Deodate [St. Dié] : [Walter et Nikolaus Lud], Finitu[m] iiij. k[a]l[endas] Septe[m]bris anno supra sesquimillesimu[m] vij. [29 Aug. 1507]

Headings

  • -  America--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800
  • -  America--Early accounts to 1600
  • -  America--Name
  • -  Geography--Early works to 1800
  • -  Early maps
  • -  Vespucci, Amerigo,--1451-1512
  • -  France--Saint-Dié

Notes

  • -  Designed to accompany Waldseemüller's globe and wall map of the world, on which the New World is called America.
  • -  "America" is suggested as name for the New World on sig. C1 recto and C3 verso.
  • -  Originally published earlier in the same year.
  • -  Signatures: A-B⁶ C-D⁴ ²A⁸ b-c⁴ d⁸ e-f⁴.
  • -  Sabin 101019
  • -  Thacher, II, p. 53 (Americana)
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection (1977), 934
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1985.003.00.0003.

Medium

  • [104] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. (woodcuts) ; 21 cm. (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E125.V6 W15 1507a
  • Thacher A893b
  • E125.V6 W15 1507a Copy 2 Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Riviere & Son binding. With the bookplate of José M. Rodriguez.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 65059195

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Waldseemüller, Martin, Gauthier Lud, José María Rodríguez, Binder Riviere & Son, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, John Boyd Thacher Collection, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Cosmographiae introductio: cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis: insuper quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes: vniuersalis cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido quam plano, eis etiam insertis quae Ptholomaeo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt. [Vrbs Deodate St. Dié: Walter et Nikolaus Lud, Finitum iiij. kalendas Septembris anno supra sesquimillesimum vij. 29 Aug, 1507] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/65059195/.

APA citation style:

Waldseemüller, M., Lud, G., Rodríguez, J. M., Riviere & Son, B., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, John Boyd Thacher Collection & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1507) Cosmographiae introductio: cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis: insuper quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes: vniuersalis cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido quam plano, eis etiam insertis quae Ptholomaeo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt. [Vrbs Deodate St. Dié: Walter et Nikolaus Lud, Finitum iiij. kalendas Septembris anno supra sesquimillesimum vij. 29 Aug] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/65059195/.

MLA citation style:

Waldseemüller, Martin, et al. Cosmographiae introductio: cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis: insuper quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes: vniuersalis cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido quam plano, eis etiam insertis quae Ptholomaeo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt. [Vrbs Deodate St. Dié: Walter et Nikolaus Lud, Finitum iiij. kalendas Septembris anno supra sesquimillesimum vij. 29 Aug, 1507] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/65059195/>.