America : with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings discribed and inlarged

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Title:
America : with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings discribed and inlarged
Creator:
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
Name on Item:
by I. S. Ano. 1626 ; Abraham Goos Amstelodamincis sculpsit.
Date:
[1662]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
North and Central America
South America
Mesoamerica (area)
North America (area)
South America
America
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 35 x 44 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[London] : Are to be sold by Roger Rea ye elder and younger
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:52,000,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: [Ferro].
Text on verso titled The description of America; p. 9-10; printer's signature E.
Includes ill. of ships and sea monsters.
City maps in upper border: Havan porte -- St. Domingo -- Cartagena -- Mexico -- Cusco -- Il. of Mocha in Chili -- R. Ianeiro -- Olinda.
Includes ill. of native peoples in left and right borders.
In the author's A prospect of the most famous parts of the world (London, 1662).
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_010228
Call #:
G1015 .S64 1662
Barcode:
30000003245355