Orbis terrarum typus

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Description

Type of resource cartographic
Extent 1 map : hand col. ; 2 hemispheres each 11.2 cm. in diam., on sheet 15 x 28 cm.
Place Germany
Place [Germany
Publisher s.n.
Publication date 18th century; 17--?]
Issuance monographic
Language Latin
Map data Scale [ca. 1:150,000,000] ; W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°

Creators/Contributors

Associated with Clüver, Philipp, 1580-1622

Subjects

Subject World maps > Early works to 1800
Genre Map
Genre Maps
Genre Digital maps
Genre Early maps

Bibliographic information

Note California shown as a labeled island with a slightly indented northern coast and a few place names.
Note Shows a wide strait to the NW of California. Antarctica reaches South America. Includes a partial outline of New Zealand.
Note Includes four allegorical vignettes in each corner. Shows 3 volcanos between hemispheres at bottom labeled Vesuvius, Heda, and Aetna. Simple title cartouche at top between hemispheres.
Note At top right "im Anhang pag . 1."
Note From his Epitome Geographiae Cluverianae Nova, 1727.
Location
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/cm303hd3051

Access conditions

Use and reproduction
Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
Copyright
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License
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Collection

The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island

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