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Title: Ritter's sundial map

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1640

Publishers

  • [Nuremberg] : Franz Ritter, 1640.

Summary

Map is projected from the North Pole as if it were a sundial. Includes vignettes of native peoples, animals, ships and a mermaid. Title supplied by cataloger. Pictorial relief. Probably issued in: Speculum solis, oder, Sonnenspiegels erst vnd anderer Theil ... Zu finden in Nürnberg : bey Paulus Fürsten, Burgern vnd Kunsthändlern allda, [1645?]

Subjects

  • World maps—Early works to 1800
  • World maps—1640
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-180.0, 180.0, 90.0, -90.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-180.0, 180.0, 90.0, -90.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Ritter, Franz, -1641. Ritter's sundial map. [Nuremberg] : Franz Ritter, 1640.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-sn00b127s

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • lat