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America noviter delineata

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5476420


Item data

Title

America noviter delineata

Collection

Maps of North and South America
Whole

Names

Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664 (Cartographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1641 (Inferred)
Place: Amsterdam
Publisher: Ioannes Ianssonius

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-5004 [Filed with North and South America [1640]]

Subjects

Western Hemisphere
Arctic regions
Antarctica

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: excudit Ioannes Ianssonius
Citation/Reference: Matches Tooley's description of edition published in 1641. Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of America page 299
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 38 x 50 cm, sheet 46 x 57

Abstract

Shows North and South America. Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations of ships, sea monsters, and insets showing "Polus Arcticus" region and "Terra Australis incognita." Latin text on verso. Scale approximately 1:43,000,000 at the equator (W 169°38ʹ00ʺ--W 3°31ʹ00ʺ/S 55°50ʹ00ʺ--N 71°02ʹ00ʺ)

Languages

Latin

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 911184408
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20643241
Other local Identifier: NA001.3.02
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 38f06840-f8c4-0132-9eb4-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic
Text

Date Issued

1641

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "America noviter delineata" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1641. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/38f06840-f8c4-0132-9eb4-58d385a7bbd0

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1641). America noviter delineata Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/38f06840-f8c4-0132-9eb4-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "America noviter delineata" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/38f06840-f8c4-0132-9eb4-58d385a7bbd0

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