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Title

  • Pervviae avriferae regionis typvs / La Florida / auctore Hieron. Chiaues ; Gvastecan reg

Other Title

  • Florida
  • Guastecan reg
  • Gvastecan reg
  • Peruuiae auriferae regionis typus

Summary

  • "Abraham Ortelius (1527-98) was a Flemish engraver and businessman who traveled widely to pursue his commercial interests. In 1560 he became interested in scientific geography during a voyage with Gerardus Mercator. Ortelius's major work, Theatrum orbis terrarum (Theater of the world), was published in Antwerp in 1570, at the threshold of the golden age of Dutch cartography. Theatrum presented the world in its component parts and reflected an age of exploration, broadened commercial connections, and scientific inquiry. Now considered the world's first atlas, the original Theatrum was enhanced by frequent updates and reprintings to incorporate the latest scientific and geographical information. This page from the Theatrum orbis terrarum includes three separate maps, each with different scales, one showing the western coast of South America and a part of Central America, another the southeastern United States (Florida), and a third the coast of Tamaulipas in Mexico. The maps are titled in Latin. The texts on the reverse of the maps are in Spanish and provide descriptions of the territory and peoples of the regions depicted." World Digital Library.

Names

  • Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598, cartographer
  • Chaves, Geronimo, 1523-1574, contributor
  • Hurtado de Mendoza, Diego, 1503-1575, contributor
  • Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589, publisher
  • Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

Created / Published

  • [Antwerp] : [Christophe Plantin], [1584?]

Headings

  • -  America--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  America
  • -  Mexico
  • -  United States--Florida

Genre

  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Includes illustrations.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Shows portion of Central America, northwestern South America, southern United States, and coast of Tamaulipas in Mexico.
  • -  Maps in Latin. Text on verso in Spanish.
  • -  Check call number date. First Spanish edition 1588?

Medium

  • 3 maps on 1 sheet : hand colored ; 32 x 21 cm or smaller, sheet 44 x 56 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3290 1584 .O7

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 84696980

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ortelius, Abraham, Cartographer, Geronimo Chaves, Diego Hurtado De Mendoza, Christophe Plantin, and Abraham Ortelius. Pervviae avriferae regionis typvs / La Florida / auctore Hieron. Chiaues ; Gvastecan reg. [Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, ?, 1584] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/84696980/.

APA citation style:

Ortelius, A., Chaves, G., Hurtado De Mendoza, D., Plantin, C. & Ortelius, A. (1584) Pervviae avriferae regionis typvs / La Florida / auctore Hieron. Chiaues ; Gvastecan reg. [Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/84696980/.

MLA citation style:

Ortelius, Abraham, Cartographer, et al. Pervviae avriferae regionis typvs / La Florida / auctore Hieron. Chiaues ; Gvastecan reg. [Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, ?, 1584] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/84696980/>.