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Typus orbis terrarvm [cartographic material]: Cum privilegio. Franciscus Hogenbergus Sculpsit.

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Date:

[1570].

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Local class no.: H3/10000/[1570] Plate I State 1, Box number: 2000235575

Local class no.:

H3/10000/[1570] Plate I State 1

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4164912

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Maps, plans and charts

10000 - The World

Typus orbis terrarvm
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Date(s):

[1570].

Place:

Antwerp:

Place of creation:

Belgium

Extent:

1 map : 19 1/4 x 13 1/4

Language of material:

Latin

Scope and content:

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The map copies much of its detail from Gerard Mercator's great map of 1569 and provides a clear picture of current geographical knowledge. Features include a vast "Terra Australis", the potato-shaped outline for South America, a relatively accurate North America and an almost circular Japan.
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Cartographer: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

Engraver: Hogenberg, Franz, d. 1590?
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General note:

Copper plate engraving
From: Abraham Ortelius's Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, 1570, plate 1
Pictorial relief.

Citation/reference note:

Shirley, Rodney, Entry 122, Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, v. 3, Entry Ort1, Map 1, Phillips, Philip Lee, Volume 1, Entry 374, Map 1

Cartographic math data:

Scale indeterminate (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°)

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC 8125

Related material:

For other copies and states of this map see: H3/10000/[1570] Plate I State 1 (NMC 8125) ; A/10000/[1570](1584) Plate I State 2 (Copy 1) (NMC 104403) ; G1006 .T5 1570 .S5 1964 - fol. (AMICUS No. 26306098) ; G1006 .T5 1584 - fol. Vault (AMICUS No. 26306177) ; Mikan 4152649 (NMC 27661)

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2000235575 : (PL.1)(ST.2)(& TEXT)

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World - Maps - Early works to 1600

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Private
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Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfiche NMC8125

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [10000 WORLD [1570]] 2000235575

[Consultation 90 Open]

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