Americae sive Indiae occidentalis tabula generalis

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464990

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Title

Americae sive Indiae occidentalis tabula generalis

Collection

Maps of North and South America
Whole

Names

Gerritsz, Hessel, approximately 1581-1632 (Engraver)
Laet, Joannes de, 1581-1649 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1630 (Questionable)
Place: Leiden
Publisher: Elzeviers

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 02-330 [Filed with America, [162-?], as originally cataloged in NYPL Dictionary Catalog of the Map Division]

Subjects

America

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: From Laet's Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien.
Content: Map engraved by Hessel Gerritsz--Burden.
Citation/Reference: Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 229
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Scale [ca. 1: 60,000,000].

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map ; 26 x 34 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 44610497
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15472903
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 20a0dfe0-004e-0130-e68c-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1630

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Americae sive Indiae occidentalis tabula generalis" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/20a0dfe0-004e-0130-e68c-58d385a7bc34

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