Map Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio Americae sive quartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio


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Title
Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio
Other Title
Americae sive quartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio
Contributor Names
Gutiérrez, Diego, active 1554-1569.
Cock, Hieronymus, approximately 1510-1570.
Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
[Antwerp : s.n.], 1562.
Subject Headings
-  Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  America--Maps--Early works to 1800
-  Western Hemisphere
-  America
Notes
-  Covers North and South America with the adjacent seas.
-  Relief shown pictorially.
-  From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress, no. 1303.
-  Originally printed on 6 sheets.
-  Described in Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, v. 6, no. 3 (May 1949), p. 18-20.
-  Includes texts in cartouche, statements of dedication, coats-of-arms, ill. of allegorical figure "Victoria", and ill. of sailing ships at sea and imaginary marine creatures.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  LC sheet trimmed.
-  Vault
Medium
1 map ; 83 x 86 cm., on sheet 100 x 102 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G3290 1562 .G7
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3290.ct000342
Library of Congress Control Number
map49000970
Online Format
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Description
Covers North and South America with the adjacent seas. Relief shown pictorially. From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress, no. 1303. Originally printed on 6 sheets. Described in Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, v. 6, no. 3 (May 1949), p. 18-20. Includes texts in cartouche, statements of dedication, coats-of-arms, ill. of allegorical figure "Victoria", and ill. of sailing ships at sea and imaginary marine creatures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC sheet trimmed. Vault
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Chicago citation style:

Gutiérrez, Diego, Active, Hieronymus Cock, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Americae Sive Qvartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio. [Antwerp: s.n, 1562] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/map49000970/.

APA citation style:

Gutiérrez, D., Cock, H. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1562) Americae Sive Qvartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio. [Antwerp: s.n] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/map49000970/.

MLA citation style:

Gutiérrez, Diego, Active, Hieronymus Cock, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Americae Sive Qvartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio. [Antwerp: s.n, 1562] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/map49000970/>.