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Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598.
Title: Americae sive novi orbis nova descriptio / [cartographic material] / cum privilego decennali. Ab. Ortelius delineab. et excudeb. 1587.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:45 000 000]
Publisher: [A Anvers] : [De l'Imprimerie de Christofle Plantin, pour Abraham Ortel autheur mesme de ce livre], [1587]
Date: 1587
Material Type: Map
Physical Description: 1 map : hand col. ; 34 x 46.5 cm. on sheet 39.8 x 51.4 cm.
Notes: From: Theatre de l'univers contenant les cartes de tout le monde, avec une brieve declaration d'icelles /par Abraham Ortelius. MDLXXXVII.

Latin text on verso.

Map shows Americas, Pacific Ocean and Australia. Relief shown pictorially.

Reference: Atlantes Neerlandici / Ir. C. Koeman. Amsterdam : Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd, 1969. vol. III. Ort. 22.

Signature: 5.

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2099
Subjects: North America -- Maps.
Pacific Ocean -- Maps.
South America -- Maps.
North America -- 1587.
Pacific Ocean -- 1587.
South America -- 1587.
Call Number: MAP RM 2099
Amicus Number: 3361846
To cite this item use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2099