Americae Peruvi aque ita ut postremum detecta traditur recens delineatio
Single sheet, copper-plate engraving on paper, linen-backed. Scale: [ca. 1:25 000 000 (lat)]. Map of central and South America. Sea decorated with ships and monsters; houses and mountains depicted. Two insets: Cusco regionis Peru metropolis (Cuzco the metropolis of Peru), and: Missico Hispaniae Novae metropolis (Mexico the metropolis of New Spain).
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Object details
| ID: | G244:1/3 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | van Doetichum, Joannes van Doetichum; Doetichum, Lucas van |
| Places: | South America |
| Date made: | 1578 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 37 x 46.5cm, on sheet 40.5 x 52cm. |