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Complete Record for Item NS13 M5.4.7

Core Fields

Title:A new, plaine, and exact map of America
Item Type:Maps
Date:1655
Union Title [Historic chart of North and South America]
Call Number NS13 M5.4.7

Creator Information (Person)

creator: Visscher, Nicolaes

Creator Information (Organization)

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Notes

General_note: " . . .and don into English, enlarged, and corrected, according to I [John] Blaeu, with the habits of the countries, and the manner of the cheife citties; the like never before." This map, which includes several marginal depictions of European explorers and of the indigenous people from various regions discovered, used Joan [John] Blaeu's updated version of a Nicolaes Visscher map for its information base.
Extent: 1 printed map
Dimensions: 44 x 54 cm.
Medium: black ink, with color wash, on paper
Added_person: Blaeu, Joan [Johm]
Added_corpname: Robert Walton
Local_note: Verso: "very Rare $750 - ; Neg #50621"

Geographic Location: [Linked to other records with the same Location]

North America

South America

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