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Title Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio [cartographic material] : cum priuilegio [i.e. privilegio].
Creator Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.
Publisher [Antwerpen : Christoffel Plantin, 1579].
Subject North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
South America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
North America -- [1570] -- Maps
South America -- [1570] -- Maps
Coverage Pacific Ocean
1579
Description Handcoloured map of the Americas, Mer Pacifico [i.e. Pacific Ocean], Mer Atlantica [i.e. Atlantic Ocean] with Nova Guinea [i.e. New Guinea] and Terra del Fuego as part of unknown Southern Land published in the first modern atlas, Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum orbis terrarum in 1570 and its subsequent editions. This map is considered historically significant because Ortelius provided a popular and fairly accurate image of the Americas as the brave New World that the West would pioneer and tame. The New World is heavily annotated with place-names documenting Ponce de Leon's penetration of the Southeast in 1521, the Gulf coast explorations of Navaez in 1521 and Cabeza de Vaca in 1528, as well as de Soto's expedition in 1539 combined with information from Cortes in Mexico, Franciscan Fr. de Nizza in the Southwest, and Cabrillo along the California coast in 1542. Decorative features include a border at the corners of the map as well as a cartouche framing the title. Relief is shown pictorially.; Cartouche title.; Text in Latin on verso: Novvs [i.e. Novus] orbis (with signature: 5).; Map 5 from: Theatrum orbis terrarum / Abraham Ortelius. 2nd ed., (1st printing). Antwerpen : Christoffel Plantin, 1579.; Koeman/Van der Krogt, v. 3, 9000:31B:021/022.; Library's copy is slightly damaged and is annotated with handwriting in pen in the right margin, the text being largely unintelligible except for "... 10 Sept 1624".
Format 1 map : col. ; 35.2 x 48.8 cm.
Date 1579
Type Image
Source Item held by National Library of Australia
Rights You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact the <a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/digicoll/copyright.html">National Library of Australia</a> to request permission.
Identifier nla.map-nk1527
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk1527
Geographic Terms Pacific Ocean
Atlantica [Atlántica]
Atlantic [Atlantic]
Ocean
Guinea [Guinea]
New Guinea
Ponce [Ponce]
Southeast [Southeast]
Cortes [Cortes]
Mexico [Mexico City]
Nizza [Nice]
California
Antwerpen [Antwerpen]
Australia