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Asiae nova descriptio [cartographic material]
Asiae nova descriptio [cartographic material]
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
[Antwerp : Christopher Plantin, 1579].
Date
1579].
Call Numbers
Z/M2 400/1570/1 , M2 400/1570/1
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
Latin
Formats
Physical Description
Cartographic data
Scale [ca. 1:24 000 000] (E 40°00'00"--E 140°00'00"/N 12°30'00"--S 40°00'00")
Physical content
1 map : hand col. ; 36.3 x 49 cm, on sheet 44 x 55 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
[Antwerp : Christopher Plantin, 1579].
Date Published
1579].
Access and use
Access Conditions
To preserve the paper copy the aperture card will be issued.
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Asiae nova descriptio [cartographic material]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Relief shown pictorially.
Cartouche title.
Early map of Asia from Africa to Nova Guinea [i.e. New Guinea] and from Europe to Iava Maior [Java]. Part of the northern coast of Terrae Australis Incognita [i.e. Australia] is represented almost dierectly below New Guinea sperated by a narrow strait.
Text on verso headed: Asia. At foot of leaf 3.
Selected for Digitisation 2013....
Additional physical form availability note
Online images available via the State Library of NSW: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/album/albumView.aspx?itemID=862028&acmsid=0 ; Digital order number a128007.
Language note
In Latin.
Time Period
d1579 d1612
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
Z/M2 400/1570/1 , M2 400/1570/1
Record Identifier
74VMj0jPXlLy
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMj0jPXlLy
Other Identifiers
DDC
915
910
MMS ID
991001239969702626
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