Pars orbis : duorum qui occiduas partes incoluerunt nomina & sedes incertis parentibus
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic |
|---|---|
| Form | map; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 map : copper engraving ; 32 x 53 cm |
| Place | Belgium |
| Place | [Antwerp] |
| Publisher | [Plantin] |
| Publication date | 1572; [1572] |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | Latin; Hebrew |
| Map data | Scale not given ; W 135°42'00"--E 163°07'00"/N 62°40'00"--S 60°09'00").In decimal degrees: (W 135.7--E 163.1/N 062.7--S 060.2). |
Creators/Contributors
| Cartographer | Arias Montano, Benito, 1527-1598 | |
|---|---|---|
| Apublisher | Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589 |
Subjects
| Subject | Noah, (Biblical figure) > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
|---|---|
| Subject | Christianity > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Judaism > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | World in the Bible > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | World maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | World in the Bible |
| Genre | Map |
| Genre | Cartographic image-cri |
| Genre | Maps. |
| Genre | Early maps. |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Benedict Arias Montanus. |
|---|---|
| Note | Relief shown pictorially. |
| Note | Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. |
| Note | Shows topography, drainage, islands off coasts. |
| Note | Features 2 hemispheres and illustrations of ships, sea monsters, and angels. |
| Note | Includes 4 keys and indexes, in Latin and Hebrew: reproducing the Table of Nations, lists the descendants of Noah starting with his three sons, Japheth, Ham, and Shem and the countries that they and their descendants founded; how the descendants of Noah repopulated the Earth following the Great Flood. |
| Note | Descriptive text in top left corner of map: Benedict Arias Montanus sacrae geographiae tabulam ex antiquissimorum cultop familiis a Mose pecensitis ad sacrorum libror explicandor commoditatem Antuuerpiae in Philippi regis catholici gratia describebat. |
| Note | Lower left margin: "tom: VI. pag. 553." |
| Language | Text in Latin and Hebrew. |
| Note | Appears in Plantin's Polyglot Bible, Biblia Sacra Hebraice, Chaldaice, Graece, & Latine, 1572. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- 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.
- Copyright
- Images from the Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection 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
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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The Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection
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