AMERICÆ Aucta DELINEATIO
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic |
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| Extent | 10.9 x 16.3 cm., 11.7 x 17.1 cm. including border. |
| Place | [Nuremberg] |
| Date created | 1745 |
| Map data | [ca.1:170,000,000]. ; W 160° --E 20°/N 90° --S 90° |
Creators/Contributors
| Creator | Weigel, Christoph, 1654-1725. |
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Subjects
| Subject | America > Maps |
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| Subject | California as an island > Maps |
| Genre | Map |
| Genre | Digital maps |
| Genre | Early maps |
| Genre | Separate map |
Bibliographic information
| State 2 | [1745], Mare Iesso rather than Mare de Iesso as in State 1. Much of the lettering in the oceans is in bold. |
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| Note | In German and Latin. California as an island with indented northern coast, including narrow northeastern peninsula. Place names on California: Nova Albion, Pto. de Carinda, I.S. Clement, I. de Pararos. Regio Incognita, Terra Iesso, Fretum Anian, and Aguebla de Cato to north. Yupi, Iapponia, Corea, Asia Pars, and complete outline of Nova Guinea are shown, as is Neu Amsterdam. Title cartouche of 2 kneeling natives tending a fire, and a standing native holding a spear next to horned goat. (bottom left) |
| References | LC 5967, 5978. |
| Publications | Issued in: Atlas portatilis, oder compendieuse Vorstellung der gantzen Welt ... [Map 31]. -- Nuernberg, 1745. (Note: Map 1 in this atlas shows California as a peninsula.) |
| Original McLaughlin Book Number (1995 edition) | 217 |
| Original McLaughlin book number (1995 edition) with latest state information | 217-02 |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/qf555ns8242 |
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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