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Typus orbis terrarum.

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1632129


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Title

Typus orbis terrarum.

Collection

Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases
Atlases
Abraham Ortelius his epitome of the theater of the worlde. Nowe latlye ... renewed and augmented ...

Names

Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 (Cartographer)
Coignet, Michel, 1549-1623 (Editor)
Shawe, James (Publisher)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1603
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Ieames Shawe, and are to be solde at his shoppe nigh Ludgate,

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 97-6027[LHS 301 ; atlas cases]

Subjects

Geography
World maps

Genres

Maps

Notes

Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Statement Of Responsibility: by Micheal Coignet, mathematitian of Antwarpe.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15404146
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 88067430-c5d3-012f-228b-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1603

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Typus orbis terrarum." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1603. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/88067430-c5d3-012f-228b-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1603). Typus orbis terrarum. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/88067430-c5d3-012f-228b-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Typus orbis terrarum." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/88067430-c5d3-012f-228b-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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