Format Map
Contributors GutiéRrez, Diego
GutiéRrez, Diego
Dates 1562
Location America
Western Hemisphere
Language Latin
Subjects America
Western Hemisphere
Title
Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio /
Contributor Names
Gutiérrez, Diego,
Created Published
[Antwerp : S.N.], 1562.
Subject Headings
-  Western Hemisphere
-  America
-  Western Hemisphere.
-  America.
Notes
-  Covers North and South America with the adjacent seas.
-  Relief shown pictorially.
-  From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress, no. 1303.
-  Originally printed on 6 sheets.
-  Described in Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, v. 6, no. 3 (May 1949), p. 18-20.
-  Includes texts in cartouche, statements of dedication, coats-of-arms, ill. of allegorical figure "Victoria", and ill. of sailing ships at sea and imaginary marine creatures.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  LC sheet trimmed.
Medium
1 Map ; 83 X 86 Cm., On Sheet 100 X 102 Cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G3290 1562 .G7
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
G3290 Ct000342 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Gmd/G3290.Ct000342
Library of Congress Catalog Number
Map49000970
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