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Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio (The Americas or the New World, newly described)
Atlas sheet from an edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum with Latin text, published in 1573. Hand coloured copperplate engraving. This hemispherical map shows North and South America and the Great Southern Continent extending northward to include New Guinea. The title is in a strapwork cartouche and the sea area is decorated with four ships and a sea creature.
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Object Details
| ID: | PBD7640(2) |
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| Type: | Map; Bound item |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Ortelius, Abraham |
| Places: | North and Central America; South America Pacific Ocean |
| Date made: | 1573 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall sheet dimensions: 42 cm x 53 cm; Printed area: 37 cm x 51 cm |
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