Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio

Title

Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio

Subject

Spain - North and South America

Description

- Covers North and South America with the adjacent seas.
- Relief shown pictorially.
- From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress, no. 1303.
- Originally printed on 6 sheets.
- Described in Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, v. 6, no. 3 (May 1949), p. 18-20.
- Includes texts in cartouche, statements of dedication, coats-of-arms, ill. of allegorical figure "Victoria", and ill. of sailing ships at sea and imaginary marine creatures.

Creator

Diego Gutiérrez

Source

Library of Congress

Date

1562

Contributor

Diane Jakacki

Rights

Public domain

Language

Spanish

Identifier

https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3290.ct000342/?r=0.301,0.176,0.262,0.234,0

Coverage

New World

Files

spanishempire.jpg

Collection

Reference

Diego Gutiérrez, Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio, 1562

Cite As

Diego Gutiérrez, “Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio,” Mapping History, accessed May 18, 2024, http://maps.omeka.bucknell.edu/items/show/680.