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Appeared in and publisher info from Van der Krogt (map 9510:2). See also: 105:521, 093:678 in Museum Bookstore Collection. Previous mat dated as 1630, probably too early, Kashnor dated his copies as 1650. Elaborate cartouche with Spanish coat of arms. Armadillos below. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Nova Hispania [text in Latin]; K; 11. MS notes: 345- Dodd - II - 1919 MS/LVN.
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Blaeu's version of the famous Virginia map. According to Burden, Blaeu purchased the plate for this map from Hondius's widow shortly after Hondius's death in 1629; the map first appeared in Blaeu's atlases in 1630 (Burden, entry 193). Date and publisher based on language and signature on verso, following Van der Krogt and Burden. For two Hondius versions of the map, see 105:823 and RB 150037; for Keere's version of the map, see RB 150048; for Montanus's version of the map, see 150077. Vignette: Powhatan's smoke house. Indian bowman. "Status Regis Powhatan quando prefectus Smith Captivus illi daretur." Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Philips, Atlases, 3430; Swem, no. 67; Burden, map 193; Van der Krogt, map 9410:2.2. Verso Text: Atlas text in Latin; D; MS note: 150054.
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Published in one of Jansson's atlases between the years of 1638 and 1675. Cartouche: Swan drawn throne boat. Coats of arms of Ottoman and Greek rulers. MS notes: 131 37. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
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Florida extends across the Gulf Coast. Lowery states "This map is reprinted with the same title and same plate in Jansson, 1642." Cartouche: reptiles and putti. Dedication: Figures and coat of arms, "Amplmo. prudmo. doctmoque. viro D. Alberto Conradi vander Burch, I.C. Reip. Amsterdamensis Senatori, Collegii Scabinorum Praesidi, Societatis Indicae, quae ad Occidentem militat, aßeßori, et nuper ad Magnum Moscoviae Ducem Legato." Date and publisher are based on language and signature on verso, according to Van der Krogt and Burden. MS notes: Antilles 2+ mat sticker: 1258. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Lowery, 129; Philips, Atlases, 455; Van der Krogt, map 9600:2B; Burden, map 242. Verso Text: Dutch Atlas text; 4 ; C; MS note: 150053.
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Date is formed in backwards C. Kashnor notes, "Showing Europe, North Africa, Arabia, and Asia Minor, with the curious insert map of the World, indicating three conjectural locations for Ophir, viz., in South Africa, East Africa, and India." Kashnor gives date of 1624 based on the maps inclusion in the Parergon; the Parergon was first published individually in 1624, but had been included in the Theatrum urbis terrarum as early as 1601 (Van der Krogt, map 0810H:31B). Cartouches: Typical Ortelius with elaborate decoration. Submap: World: "Domini est terra et plenitudo orbis terrarum et universi qui habitant in Eo. Psal. 24." "Reverendo et illustridno [sic] Guilielmo Grimbergio, Antverpiensi Praesuli dignissimo, Abrah. Ortelius obsequij deuotionisque ergo dedicab. consecrabatque." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Conic. Watermark: Horn & shield. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Van der Broeke 179. Verso Text: Latin text Geographia Sacra. MS note: 984.
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Kashnor notes, "A rare and early map, showing all that was known of the North-West Coast of America. California is shown as a peninsula, Cape Mendocin is located at latitude 54, and the Anian country is in the position of Alaska. In the south Terra Austrailis is represented as an enormous continent stretching around the world from New Guinea to Java. It also locates New Francia, with a city called Canada." Circles in each corner have additional quotes from Cicero and Seneca. This is the third plate, first bound into Theatrum in 1592 per Shirley. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crossed arrows. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Shirley 158; Wagner 147; Van den Broecke 3. Verso Text: Orbis Terrarum; Latin text. MS notes: 214 93/214 32.
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