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Title: [Double cordiform map of the world, 1538]

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1538
  • Coverage: 1920
  • Coverage: 1920 to 1920

Publishers

  • (United States?)

Summary

Relief shown pictorially. Title from another facsimile published by the New York Public Library. Also known as World map on double cordiform projection and Orbis imago. Facsimile of Gerhard Mercator's first world map, published in Louvain, 1538.

43 x 60 centimeters

Scale approximately 1:65,000,000

General Map Collection

Subjects

  • World Maps Early Works to 1800 Facsimiles
  • Early Maps Facsimiles
  • 2022-creator-sprint
  • 202212bbox
  • -180TO180
  • World
  • Maps

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-179.99,179.99,89.99,-89.99)

Provider

University of Minnesota

Rights

  • Access rights: Public
  • Use of this item may be governed by US and international copyright laws. You may be able to use this item, but copyright and other considerations may apply. For possible additional information or guidance on your use, please contact the contributing organization.

Citation

Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. [Double cordiform map of the world, 1538]. (United States?). World maps. https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll230:576

Format

JPEG

Languages

  • lat