| Creator: |
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. |
| Title: |
Typus orbis terrarum. Quid ei potest videri magna in rebus cui alter nitas omnis, totiusque mundi nota sit mangitudo. Cicero [cartographic material] |
| Scale: |
Scale [ca. 1:80,000,000]
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| Publisher: |
{Antwerpen : Plantjin, 1587] |
| Date: |
1587 |
| Material Type: |
Map |
| Physical Description: |
1 map ; 33.5 x 48.9 cm. on sheet 47.2 x 58.3 cm. |
| Notes: |
Map of the world dominated by one continent in the south called Terra Australis Nondum Incognita surrounded by a decorative border with 4 cartouches of Latin text, one in each corner of the map. Relief is shown pictorially.
Cartouche with Latin in top left corner of map: Homi nes hac lege sunt generati ... [quote attributed to] Cicero.
Cartouche with Latin in top right corner of map: Equus vehendi causa ... [quote attributed to] Cicero.
Cartouche with Latin in bottom left corner of map: Hoc est punctum quod inter tot gentes ... [quote attributed to] Seneca.
Cartouche with Latin in bottom right corner of map: Utinam quemadmo dum universa mundi ... [quote attributed to] Seneca.
From: Theatrum orbis terrarum / Ortelius. Antwerpen : Plantjin, 1587.
Shirley, 158.
Koeman, Ort 22 [113]; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm146; Exhibited in online exhibition: 34zBSouth Land to New Holland"34y Bat http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/southland/ ANL |
| Subjects: |
World maps -- Maps.
World -- 1587 -- Maps.
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| Call Number: | MAP RM 146 |
| Amicus Number: |
26998347 |
| To cite this item use: |
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm146 |
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