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Title Typus orbis terrarum. Quid ei potest videri magna in rebus cui alter nitas omnis, totiusque mundi nota sit mangitudo. Cicero [cartographic material]
Creator Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.
Contributor Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Theatrum orbis terrarum.
Publisher {Antwerpen : Plantjin, 1587]
Subject World maps -- Maps.
World -- 1587 -- Maps.
Coverage 1587
Description Map of the world dominated by one continent in the south called Terra Australis Nondum Incognita surrounded by a decorative border with 4 cartouches of Latin text, one in each corner of the map. Relief is shown pictorially.; Cartouche with Latin in top left corner of map: Homi nes hac lege sunt generati ... [quote attributed to] Cicero.; Cartouche with Latin in top right corner of map: Equus vehendi causa ... [quote attributed to] Cicero.; Cartouche with Latin in bottom left corner of map: Hoc est punctum quod inter tot gentes ... [quote attributed to] Seneca.; Cartouche with Latin in bottom right corner of map: Utinam quemadmo dum universa mundi ... [quote attributed to] Seneca.; From: Theatrum orbis terrarum / Ortelius. Antwerpen : Plantjin, 1587.; Shirley, 158.; Koeman, Ort 22 [113]; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm146.
Quid ei potest videri magna in rebus cui alter nitas omnis, totiusque mundi nota sit mangitudo, Cicero
Format 1 map ; 33.5 x 48.9 cm. on sheet 47.2 x 58.3 cm.
Date 1587
Type Image
Source Item held by National Library of Australia
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Identifier nla.map-rm146
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Geographic Terms Antwerpen
Australia