Antique map of America by Ortelius A. 1592
Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.
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Antique map of America by Ortelius A., oriented to the North
Third plate of Ortelius's America map, without a bulge in the coast of South America.
Date of the first edition (of the third plate): 1587
Date of this map: 1592
Copper engraving
Size: 35.5 x 48.5cm (13.7 x 18.9 inches)
Verso text: Latin
Condition: Old coloured, excellent.
Condition Rating: A
References: Van der Krogt 3, 9000:31C; Van den Broecke, 11; Burden 64, state 1.
From: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Antwerpen, Plantin Press, 1592. (Van der Krogt 3, 1:041)
This map is regarded by many as the most beautiful map of the Western Hemisphere produced in the sixteenth century.