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Americae nova descriptio Stanford University Public content

Author(s):
and
Publisher:
Petrus Kaerius excudit
Access:
Public
Description:
Relief shown pictorially. Shows Tierra del Fuego as an island. Along bottom: Prima orbis circumnavigatio 1525. Secunda orbis circumnavigatio 1580. Tertia orbis circumnavigatio 1588. Quatra orbis circumnavigatio 1601. Emblem above title cartouche: Wie Gaet Ick Keere". Decorative cartouches, pictorial vignettes of cities, islands, and figures around border, descriptive text, rhumb lines, ports, ships, boating figures, sea monsters. Portraits of explorers: Christophorus Columbus...; Americus Vesputius...; Ferdinandis Magellanus...; Franciscus Dracus...; Thomas Candish...; Olivarius. Illustrations of inhabitants: Virginiani; Magellanici; Brasiliani; Magellanici; Virginiani; Chili; Brasiliani; Magellanici. Inset map shows north pole: Polus Arcticus.
Collection:
Renaissance Exploration Map Collection
Place(s):
America, North America, South America, North Pole, Greenland, and Iceland
Subject(s):
Discovery and exploration
Held by:
Stanford