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Map Carta marina navigatoria Portvgallen navigationes, atqve tocius cogniti orbis terre marisqve formam natvram sitvs et terminos nostris temporibvs recognitos et ab antiqvorum traditione differentes, eciam qvor vetvsti non meminervnt avtores, hec generaliter indicat Carta marina navigatoria Portugallen navigationes, atque tocius cogniti orbis terre marisque formam naturam situs et terminos nostris temporibus recognitos et ab antiquorum traditione differentes, eciam quor vetusti non meminerunt autore, hec generaliter indicat

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Title

  • Carta marina navigatoria Portvgallen navigationes, atqve tocius cogniti orbis terre marisqve formam natvram sitvs et terminos nostris temporibvs recognitos et ab antiqvorum traditione differentes, eciam qvor vetvsti non meminervnt avtores, hec generaliter indicat

Other Title

  • Carta marina navigatoria Portugallen navigationes, atque tocius cogniti orbis terre marisque formam naturam situs et terminos nostris temporibus recognitos et ab antiquorum traditione differentes, eciam quor vetusti non meminerunt autore, hec generaliter indicat

Names

  • Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519, cartographer
  • Schöner, Johann, 1477-1547

Created / Published

  • [Strasbourg, France?] : [publisher not identified], [1516]

Headings

  • -  Earth (Planet)

Genre

  • World maps
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Includes text and illustrations.
  • -  Bound in the Schöner Sammelband.
  • -  Sheet 6 appears to be a proof copy and was laid in after the Sammelband was bound.
  • -  All sheets except for sheet 6 annotated in ink and red ink by Johann Schöner.
  • -  All sheets bear a watermark of a triple pointed crown.
  • -  Sheet 9 has a paper patch within a shield covering over corrections.
  • -  Provenance: Acquired on exchange from Jay I. Kislak Foundation.
  • -  Acquisition control number: 2015-052.

Medium

  • 1 map on 12 sheets ; 128 x 233 cm, sheets 46 x 63 cm or smaller

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G1015 .S43 1517

Source Collection

  • Schöner Sammelband,

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016586433

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Jay I. Kislak Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Waldseemüller, Martin, Cartographer, and Johann Schöner. Carta marina navigatoria Portvgallen navigationes, atqve tocius cogniti orbis terre marisqve formam natvram sitvs et terminos nostris temporibvs recognitos et ab antiqvorum traditione differentes, eciam qvor vetvsti non meminervnt avtores, hec generaliter indicat. [Strasbourg, France?: publisher not identified, 1516] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016586433/.

APA citation style:

Waldseemüller, M. & Schöner, J. (1516) Carta marina navigatoria Portvgallen navigationes, atqve tocius cogniti orbis terre marisqve formam natvram sitvs et terminos nostris temporibvs recognitos et ab antiqvorum traditione differentes, eciam qvor vetvsti non meminervnt avtores, hec generaliter indicat. [Strasbourg, France?: publisher not identified] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2016586433/.

MLA citation style:

Waldseemüller, Martin, Cartographer, and Johann Schöner. Carta marina navigatoria Portvgallen navigationes, atqve tocius cogniti orbis terre marisqve formam natvram sitvs et terminos nostris temporibvs recognitos et ab antiqvorum traditione differentes, eciam qvor vetvsti non meminervnt avtores, hec generaliter indicat. [Strasbourg, France?: publisher not identified, 1516] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2016586433/>.