ATLAS HISTORICUS Quo Res per Orbem Gestas Neuiuerse et Sigillatim
Description
Type of resource | cartographic |
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Extent | 1 map ; 59.5 x 92.1 cm. to the borders. |
Place | Francofurti ad Maen |
Publisher | s.n. |
Date created | 1718 - |
Publication date | 1718 |
Issuance | monographic |
Map data | Scale not given. ; W 180°--E 180°/N 85°--S 85° |
Creators/Contributors
Associated with | Hagelgans, Johann Georg, d. 1765 |
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Subjects
Subject | World > Maps |
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Genre | Government publication |
Genre | Digital maps |
Genre | Early maps |
Genre | Map |
Genre | Separate map |
Bibliographic information
Statement of responsibility | delineauit Io George Hagelgans. |
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Note | A chronological table showing the events of history using timelines and tiny pictures with accompanying labels. Double hemisphere map inset of the world with California depicted as an island. The countries are labeled Japhet, Cham and Sem, the names of the sons of Noah. Hemispheres are 8.3 cm. in diameter. Other insets include: The area around Rome; Greece; Palestine; the Sinai; and “Fata Troianorum” showing scenes from the Trojan Wars. Above the chronology are scenes and people from the Bible including Adam and Eve, Noah, and Methuselah. Second title above the chronology: ATLAS HISTORICUS. Main title written on a banner surrounding the earth upon which Father Time is leaning. Two women sit on the cloud above him holding a shield showing four men, each depicting a continent. The banner below the shield reads: In Magnes Et Volvesse Sat Est. Georg Daniel Heumann Noribergensis Sculpsit. (lower left). “A.” and “Aa.” (upper left, above border). |
Note | Issued in his: Atlas Historicus ... Frankfurt, 1718. Possibly reissued in 1751. |
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Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/mm944jc2280 |
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
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
- License
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights (Public Domain Mark 1.0).
Collection
The Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island
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