ORBIS TERRARUM COGNITUS VETERIBUS GRAECIS ET LATINIS

Description:

Dedicated to Jacobo Dno. Compton, Honmi. Comitis Northamptoniae, with coat of arms between the two hemispheres. Pag : 2. (lower left). Issued with similar world map (Entry #1011), which shows the modern world with all of the continents named. Issued in: Geographia Emendata & Locupletata, / Dionysius Periegetes, 1688. Reissued in 1704, 1718 (Editio tertia), 1726 (Editio quarta, with Typis Guil. Bowyer), and 1738 (Editio quinta, with Typis T. Wood). Edvardus Wells. California with a single indentation along the northern coast and blank to its north. The continents in the western hemisphere are unnamed as they were unknown to the ancients. Shirley 541 (Plate 379); UCLA.

Creator:

Wells, Edward, 1667-1727

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

California as an island--Maps and World--Maps

Theme:

Imagery

Rights:

Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

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Access Rights:

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JPEG2000

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