Nova orbis tabvla in lvcem edita / a. F. de Wit.
- Copyright Date:
- [approximately 1670]
- Physical Description:
- 1 map : hand colored ; 2 hemispheres, each 27 cm in diamater, on sheet 47 x 55 cm
- Notes:
- Imperfect: chipped and mutilated along edges and fold, with some loss of text. Backed with paper.
Relief shown pictorially.
Allegorical vignettes of the four seasons.
Double hemisphere, with smaller polar insets.
State 2, in which cherubs were placed in the cusps and a border added; see Rodney Shirley, Mapping of the world, entry 451.
Shows California as an island. - Variant Titles:
- Nova orbis tabula in lucem edita
- Associated Names:
- Wit, Frederik de [Cartographer]
- Topics:
- World maps--Early works to 1800.
- Topics:
- World--Maps--Early works to 1800.
- Language:
- Latin
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:50,000,000
- Coordinates:
- a
50000000
-180.000000
180.000000
090.000000
-090.000000
(W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°). - Genre:
- California as an island.
World maps. - Format:
- Map
- Content Type:
- Maps, Atlases & Globes
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Call Number:
- BrSides Double Folio 2019 116
- Orbis Record:
- 7612961
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
- oid pointer:
- 16389978
- Citation:
- Shirley, R. Mapping of the world, 1472-1700, 451
- Extent of digitization:
- Complete work digitized.
- OID:
- 16389936
- PID:
- digcoll:4373743
