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Title: Apographon descriptionis orbis terrae, figuris et narratiunculus distinctae, manee Germanica opere nigelliari discolorio circa medium Saec XV: Tabula aeneae Musee Borgiani Velitris consignatae, quod Camillus Joh. Paulli F. Borgia--proponit.

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Dates

  • Coverage: 1797
  • Coverage: 1797 to 1797

Summary

Engraving from a copper plate made by an unknown cartographer about 1410. For a history and description of the map see Nordenskild, A.E., "An account of a copy from the 15th century of a map of the world, and references therein." A later printing from same plate is in Gesellschaft der wissenschaften zu Gttingen. Commentationes, v.16, p.284. 1808. 1 map; 27 x 26 in.

Subjects

  • Clark Library Map Collections
  • 2022-creator-sprint
  • Earth
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-168.35,-19.62,77.9,-35.77)

Provider

University of Michigan

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
  • This map is in the public domain.

Citation

Borgia, Camillo Giovanni Paolo, 1777-1817. Apographon descriptionis orbis terrae, figuris et narratiunculus distinctae, manee Germanica opere nigelliari discolorio circa medium Saec XV: Tabula aeneae Musee Borgiani Velitris consignatae, quod Camillus Joh. Paulli F. Borgia--proponit.. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-003281554/39015091197577

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • eng