Ortelius, America Sive Novi Orbis
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ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598).
America Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio.
Engraved map with original hand color.
Antwerp, c. 1595 (State 3).
13 3/4" x 19 1/4" visible, 21 1/2" x 26" framed.
Very Fine example of Abraham Ortelius' Map of the Americas, One of the Most Iconic Maps of the Western HemisphereThe map, which shows both North and South America, featured in Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world.
Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio is without a doubt one of the most recognized and influential maps of the Americas from the sixteenth century and it had a profound influence on contemporary cartography.This example is the third state of this map, altered In 1587 to reduce the bulge on South America's west coast and to add details in the islands of the Pacific. (Van Den Broecke, Ort 9 & Plate 32 in Schwartz / Ehrenberg "The Mapping of America").
America Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio.
Engraved map with original hand color.
Antwerp, c. 1595 (State 3).
13 3/4" x 19 1/4" visible, 21 1/2" x 26" framed.
Very Fine example of Abraham Ortelius' Map of the Americas, One of the Most Iconic Maps of the Western HemisphereThe map, which shows both North and South America, featured in Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world.
Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio is without a doubt one of the most recognized and influential maps of the Americas from the sixteenth century and it had a profound influence on contemporary cartography.This example is the third state of this map, altered In 1587 to reduce the bulge on South America's west coast and to add details in the islands of the Pacific. (Van Den Broecke, Ort 9 & Plate 32 in Schwartz / Ehrenberg "The Mapping of America").
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