German title and text, Latin place names., Includes text and ill., Relief shown pictorially., Sheet measures 34 x 42 cm., and Text in ornamental frame on verso: Des gantzen Landts Africe, ein gemeine beschreibung. xxv.
America, die newe Welt oder Inseln so hinder Hispania gegen Orient bey dem Landt Indie gelegen and Newen Inseln so hinder Hispaniam gegen Orient bey dem Landt Indie gelegen
Description:
Appeared in Münster's Cosmographia., Covers also the Pacific including New Guinea and Antarctica, i.e. Meridies terra del fuego., In the right-hand panel of text surmounting the map, the words Nova Francia appear in italic text rather than roman and the last word in the second line is Spanien., On verso: America, die newe Welt/ oder Inseln/ so hinder His-pania gegen Orient / bey dem Landt Indie gelegen. XXVI., Relief shown pictorially., Sheet measures 33.4 x 39.3 cm. Cross Collection no. 113., Text in German; place names in Latin or Spanish., and Title at top: Die newen Inseln/ so hinder Hispania gegen Orient/ bey dem Landt Indie gelegen.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Geographic):
America--Maps--Early works to 1800, Pacific Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
Caption title on verso: Die Newe Welt; numbered "2" in lower right corner., From a German edition of Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum, published either 1572 or 1573., Imperfect: wormholes, with some loss of text. Sheet measures 39.8 x 52.3 cm. Cross Collection no. 111., Latin text on recto, German text on verso., and Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Geographic):
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Theatrum orbis terrarum. German
From Ortelius's Theatrum oder Schawbüch des Erdtkreijs [Antwerp : Christophe Plantin, Abraham Ortelius, 1580]., Latin and German., Several small holes in lower regions of South America where oxidized by pigment., Sheet measures 40 x 55 cm. Lanman Collection., Signature on verso: 5., Text on verso: Die newe Welt., and The viewer looks into the sails of the ship at 220 degrees of longitude.
Publisher:
Christophe Plantin, Abraham Ortelius,
Subject (Geographic):
America--Maps--Early works to 1800 and Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Theatrum orbis terrarum. German and Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589
Asia is portrayed as Pegasus., From Bünting's Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae [Magdeburg : H. Bünting, 1581]., Signature mark on verso: E., Text on margin: Iesus Christus magnus ille Belleropontes ..., and Text on verso: In dieser nachfolgenden Tafel findet der g
Appears in Bünting's Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae., In top margin corners: 26 -- 27., Relief shown pictorially., Signature mark on verso: G., and Text on verso.
Contrafhetung der fuernemen statt Venedig sampt den umbligenden inseln
Description:
Bird's-eye view., From Münster's Cosmographei [Basel : Heinrich Petri, 1550], pp. 187-190., German, Latin., Pg. nos. on recto: 188, 189. Pg. nos. on verso: 187, 190., Relief shown pictorially., and Signature on recto: Q iii. Signature on verso: Q ii.
Publisher:
Heinrich Petri,
Subject (Geographic):
Venice (Italy)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. Cosmographei. German and Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579