Novus Orbis [cartographic material] : doctiss. et ornatiss. Rich. Hakluyto / G. P.
Novus Orbis [cartographic material] : doctiss. et ornatiss. Rich. Hakluyto / G. P.
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Paris : Guillelmus Auvray, 1587.
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1587.
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Scale [ca. 1:100 000 000]
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1 map ; 16.5 x 20.1 cm.
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Paris : Guillelmus Auvray, 1587.
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1587.
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Novus Orbis [cartographic material] : doctiss. et ornatiss. Rich. Hakluyto / G. P.
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"Longitudinis gradus numerari incipiunt a meridiano Toletano versus occidentem". Main meridian counted from Toledo.
"Meta Incognita ab Anglis inventa A. 1576" : area visited during Frobisher's attempt to find the Northwest Passage to Cathay along the top of North America; Queen Elizabeth christened it 'Unknown Limits' or 'Unknown Shore'.
Philippus Gallaeus, Antwerp draughtsman, engraver, publisher and mapmaker prepared the pocket ed. of Ortelius' Theatrum in 1577; although he gives Lake Huron as "Mare dulce" like Gerhard Mercator (1569) and Rumold Mercator on his Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio (dated 1587 but released 1595), this map shows South America without the traditiona...
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74VKvJrLkNJy
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