Map Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii alioru[m]que lustrationes. Entire map
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- Title
- Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii alioru[m]que lustrationes.
- Other Title
- Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorū que lustrationes
- Contributor Names
- Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519.
- Created / Published
- [Strasbourg, France? : s.n., 1507]
- Subject Headings
- - Earth
- Genre
- World maps
- Early maps
- Notes
- - Relief shown pictorially.
- - First document known to name America.
- - Red ink grid on 2 sheets. Text applied over blank areas on 2 sheets. Manuscript annotations in the margin of 1 sheet.
- - All sheets bear a watermark of a triple pointed crown.
- - Two stamps on verso of upper left hand sheet: Fürstl. Waldburg Wolfegg'sches Kupferstichkabinett -- Furstl. Waldbg. Wolf. Bibliothek.
- - Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis & Clark and the revealing of America, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., July 24-Nov. 29, 2003.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- - Includes text and ill.
- - Printed surrogate in vault available for reference.
- - LC digital image is a composite map from the twelve separate sheets.
- - Originally bound with Waldseemüller's 1516 Carta marina in the Schöner Sammelband.
- Medium
- 1 map on 12 sheets ; 128 x 233 cm., sheets 46 x 63 cm. or smaller.
- Call Number/Physical Location
- G3200 1507 .W3
- Repository
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
- Digital Id
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3200.ct000725C
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3200.ct000725
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 2003626426
- Online Format
- image
- LCCN Permalink
- https://lccn.loc.gov/2003626426
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Chicago citation style:
Waldseemüller, Martin. Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorumque lustrationes. [Strasbourg, France?: s.n, 1507] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003626426/.
APA citation style:
Waldseemüller, M. (1507) Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorumque lustrationes. [Strasbourg, France?: s.n] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2003626426/.
MLA citation style:
Waldseemüller, Martin. Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorumque lustrationes. [Strasbourg, France?: s.n, 1507] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2003626426/>.
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