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Map Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersis respectibus Occidentales & Indianas uocant. Tabula novarum insularum, quas diversis respectibus Occidentales & Indianas vocant / Nouus orbis, qui insulas habet Indici Oceani

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Title

  • Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersis respectibus Occidentales & Indianas uocant.

Other Title

  • Tabula novarum insularum, quas diversis respectibus Occidentales & Indianas vocant
  • Nouus orbis, qui insulas habet Indici Oceani

Names

  • Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552.

Created / Published

  • [Basel, Switzerland] : [Sebastian Münster], [1559?]

Headings

  • -  Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Western Hemisphere

Genre

  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Has the word "Americam" in South America.
  • -  Appears in the author's Cosmographiae universalis. Basel, Switzerland. 1559.
  • -  Woodcut. Includes illustrations.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined. Missing extreme upper right corner, minor losses to lower-middle of map.
  • -  South America also labeled in German.

Medium

  • 1 map ; 26 x 35 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3290 1559 .M8

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005630225

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Münster, Sebastian. Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersis respectibus Occidentales & Indianas uocant. [Basel, Switzerland: Sebastian Münster, ?, 1559] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005630225/.

APA citation style:

Münster, S. (1559) Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersis respectibus Occidentales & Indianas uocant. [Basel, Switzerland: Sebastian Münster, ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005630225/.

MLA citation style:

Münster, Sebastian. Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersis respectibus Occidentales & Indianas uocant. [Basel, Switzerland: Sebastian Münster, ?, 1559] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2005630225/>.