America, siue, India Nova : ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui universalis imitationem in compendium redacta. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title America, siue, India Nova : ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui universalis imitationem in compendium redacta.
  • Parallel Title America, or, The New India : Gerard Mercator, the great grandfather of reduction into a compendium of universal imitation.

Creator

  • Author: Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: [exusum i aedibus Iudoci Hondij]
    Place of Publication: [Amsterodami]

Date

  • Creation: 1609

Language

  • Latin

Description

  • Content Description: Map shows known geography and settlements in early seventeenth century North and South America. Insets: "Golfo Mexi Cano," "Haiti nunc Hispaniola," and "Cuba." No scale indicated.
  • Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 36 x 45 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - North America
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - South America
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - Spain - Texas
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: America - Maps.

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Coverage Date: 1609
  • Place Name: North America
  • Place Name: South America
  • Time Period: eur-tex

Collection

  • Name: Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington
    Code: UTAM

Institution

  • Name: University of Texas at Arlington Library
    Code: UTA

Resource Type

  • Map

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 00-051
  • OCLC: 08365580
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth231241

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationHardware: BetterLight Super8K
  • Display Note: Appears in: Gerhard Mercator's Atlas sive cosmographicae meditaciones de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra. French Ed.
  • Display Note: Text on verso: "L'Ameriqve" [The Americas].
  • Display Note: Publication date is not printed on the map.
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