Descrittione dell'America, o dell'India Occidentale. America

Digital Record

Identifier: MC 8

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Descrittione dell'America, o dell'India Occidentale. America

Dates

1598

Creator

Porro, Giolamo (Person)
d'Anania, Giovanni Lorenzo (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

General Note

Page from Ptolemy's 2nd century Geographia. North America is stretched laterally, South America is rather square. Australia, known as Nova Guinea at this time, occupys the whole southern area of the map. Text in Italian.

Subjects

Maps - Western Hemisphere Subject Source: Local sources

Linked Records

George T. Abell Map Collection | Descritione dell'America, o dell'India occidentale. (Ptolemy, page from an atlas) , 1598?

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