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
Language
Latin
Online Format
image
Description
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.
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/>.