- Collection:
- Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Rare Map Collection
- Title:
- Charta cosmographica, cum ventorum propria natura et operatione
- Creator:
- Apian, Peter, 1495-1552
- Publisher:
- [Antwerp, Belgium : s.n., 1544?]
- Date of Original:
- 1544
- Subject:
- World maps--Early works to 1800
- Location:
- Earth (Planet), 52.6313623, -1.6951319
- Medium:
- maps (documents)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Heart-shaped world map. N. America, composed solely of its east coast, called "Baccalearum," or Land of the Cod.
Compass directions given in Latin and German.
Humphrey, A.D. Old Decorative Maps & Charts, 1926, p. 6.
Rodney Shirley's The Mapping of the World (1983) indicates this copy was probably printed in 1553, 1561, or 1564 from the second woodblock cut for this map.
Scale not given. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_hmap_hmap1544a5
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_hmap_hmap1544a5#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_hmap_hmap1544a5/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Title], [map number], Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Extent:
- 1 map ; 19 x 28 cm.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
