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Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.
This is the second copperplate of Ortelius'.
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- Maker :
- ORTELIUS, A.
- Place :
- Antwerp
- Date :
- 1579
- Color :
- Colored
- Height mm.:
- 355
- Width mm.:
- 495
- Condition :
- Excellent condition. Latin text on verso. According to Van den Broecke published in 1579.
- Bibliography :
- Burden, America 39.
- Seller's ref. :
- 35810
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This is the second copperplate of Ortelius' map showing the western hemisphere, showing the prominent bulge in the South American coastline. An important map because of its influence on the European perceptions of America. When the map was first published by Abraham Ortelius at Antwerp in 1570, it was the best map of the Americas available.
It was in fact the first of its kind to achieve-wide circulation through an atlas. Lower California is correctly shown as a peninsula and America is separated from Asia in the north west. In this state the name of the Azores corrected to Las Açores .
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