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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

Names

  • Gutiérrez, Diego, active 1554-1569.
  • Cock, Hieronymus, approximately 1510-1570.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Antwerp : s.n.], 1562.

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.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1303
  • -  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.
  • -  LC copy sheet trimmed.
  • -  Vault
  • -  LAC scc 2019-07-10 update (1 card)
  • -  Card copy 1 reviewed part of Rosenwald Coll per shelflist card. HREC has G & M.LAC scc 2019-07-10

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 to 4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • map49000970

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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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/>.