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Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio / avtore Diego Gvtiero Philippi Regis Hisp. etc. Cosmographo ; Hiero. Cock excvde 1562 ; Hieronymus Cock excude cum gratia et priuilegio 1562.

Gutiérrez, Diego, fl. 1554-1569.

OTHER TITLES
Americae sive quartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[Antwerp : s.n.], 1562.

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.

LC sheet trimmed.

Scale [ca. 1:17,500,000].

SUBJECTS
Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800.
America--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Western Hemisphere.
America.

RELATED NAMES
Cock, Hieronymus, ca. 1510-1570.
Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
1 map ; 83 x 86 cm., on sheet 100 x 102 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3290 1562 .G7 Vault Oversize

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g3290 ct000342 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3290.ct000342

RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier. Selections from the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division)

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