Universalis cosmographie descriptio tam in solido quem plano

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Title

Universalis cosmographie descriptio tam in solido quem plano

Collection

Cosmographiae Introdvctio / Cvm Qvibvsdam / Geometriae / Ac / Astrono / miae Principiis / Ad Eam Dem [sic] Necessariis. / Insuper quatuor Americi Vespucii / nauigationes

Names

Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519 (Author)
Boulengier, Louis (Attributed name)
Ringmann, Matthias, 1481 or 2-1510 (Attributed name)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1517 (Questionable)
Issuance: monographic
Place: Lyons
Publisher: Jean de La Place

Library Location

Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KB 1517 (Waldseemüller, M. Cosmographiae Introdvctio / Cvm Qvibvsdam / Geometriae)

Subjects

Geography
America -- Discovery and exploration
World maps

Genres

Prints
Maps
Gores (Maps)

Notes

Content: Across the southern continent appears the inscription "America noviter reperta"

Physical Description

Engravings
Extent: 18 x 36 cm.

Languages

Latin

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14353394
Photo Order: 50702
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 95a100c0-b987-0130-55f6-58d385a7b928

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Type Of Resource

Text
Cartographic

Date Issued

1517

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