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Nova orbis tabvla

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Data source:

Research Catalog

Image ID

465016


Item data

Title

Nova orbis tabvla

Collection

Maps of the World
Whole

Names

Wit, Frederik de (Cartographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1670 (Approximate)
Place: [Amstelodami]
Publisher: [de Wit]

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 02-312

Subjects

World maps
Western Hemisphere -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Eastern Hemisphere -- Maps -- Early works to 1800

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: In upper right margin: 1.
Content: Includes ancillary maps of north and south polar regions and ill. in 4 corners with images of the seasons, the elements and signs of the Zodiac.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Content: Scenes in 4 corners with images of the seasons, the elements and signs of the Zodiac.
Citation/Reference: Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 451
Statement Of Responsibility: in lvcem edita, a. F. de Wit.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 2 hemispheres 27 cm. in diam., on sheet 52 x 61 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 32458139
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15437097
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6b242ab0-c6b6-012f-165a-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1670

Cite this item

MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Nova orbis tabvla" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1670. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b242ab0-c6b6-012f-165a-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1670). Nova orbis tabvla Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b242ab0-c6b6-012f-165a-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Nova orbis tabvla" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 14, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b242ab0-c6b6-012f-165a-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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