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Title [Charta cosmographica, cum ventorum propria natura et operatione] [cartographic material].
Creator Apian, Peter, 1495-1552.
Contributor Apian, Peter, 1495-1552. Cosmographia Petri Apiani.
Publisher [Parisiis : vaeneunt apud Viuantium Gaultherot, via Iacobea : sub intersignio D. Martini, 1551]
Subject World -- 1550 -- Maps.
World maps -- Early works to 1800.
Coverage 1551
Description Cordiform world map showing climatic zones - "zona frigida", "zona temperata", "clima septen." and "climaia Australia". Relief shown pictorially.; Title pencilled in upper margin of map.; Woodcut.; From: Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium apud Louanienses medicum & mathematicum insigne ... Parisiis : vaeneunt apud Viuantium Gaultherot, via Iacobea : sub intersignio D. Martini, 1551.; Includes ill. of zodiac signs in a heart-shaped border surrounded by clouds and windheads including three cadaverous windheads representing the plague-carrying winds from the south and a deistic personage at head of map with the design of the Holy Roman Emperor's double eagle on his breastplate.; Shirley, 82; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm145.
Format 1 map : mounted on "new" rag paper and backed with linen; 19.0 x 27.7 cm.
Date 1551
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-rm145
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm145
Geographic Terms Australia