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Title
Americae nova tabula
Additional title: Threatrum orbis terrarum
Names
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 (Cartographer)
White, John, fl. 1585-1593 (Artist)
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673 (Publisher)
Collection

Maps of North and South America

Whole

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1635
Place: Amsterdam
Publisher: Joan Blaeu
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-5008 Filed with North and South America [1635]]
Topics
Indians of North America
Western Hemisphere
America
America -- Discovery and exploration
Genres
Maps
Notes
Statement of responsibility: auct: Guiljelmo Blaeuw.
Content: Scale approximately 1:45,000,000 (W 171°54ʹ00ʺ--W 5°37ʹ00ʺ/N 77°01ʹ00ʺ--S 60°00ʹ00ʺ)
Content: Includes latitude and longitude.
Content: "Cum privilegio decem annorum."
Content: Illustrated with sea monsters and ships bearing different flags.
Content: Shows North and South America, the western tips of Europe and Africa in the east.
Content: Decorative borders depict nine town plans along the top, including Havana, Santo Domingo, Cartegena, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro, in addition to ten vignettes of Native American figures along left and right border.
Content: Inset: Greenland and Iceland.
Content: Includes a description of Greenland and Iceland near inset.
Content: Latin text with signature "America A", catchword "nis" and "I" in upper right on verso
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 41 x 56 cm, on sheet 50 x 59 cm
Relief shown pictorially
Accession number 53553 stamp in ink at lower left
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Text
Languages
Latin
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 858870403
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20643236
Other local Identifier: NA001.4.03
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3516bae0-f8c8-0132-d977-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1571: Creator Born
  • 1635: Issued
  • 1638: Creator Died
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Americae nova tabula" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1635. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4b451080-f8c8-0132-0f90-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Americae nova tabula" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4b451080-f8c8-0132-0f90-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1635). Americae nova tabula Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4b451080-f8c8-0132-0f90-58d385a7bbd0

Wikipedia Citation

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Americae nova tabula