Dutch
Subject
Subject Source: gilcrease_culture_terms
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
America Septentrionalis, 1649
Item — Drawer MC-2, Folder: Map 15
Identifier: 39.608
Translated Title
North America Description This map depicts North, Central, and South America with California detached from the mainland. Inscribed in type in Latin, "California, a prioribus Geographis semper habita suit quedam para Contineus atcepts per Hollandes ab Hispanis tabula quaedam Geographica compertum essinsulam ebe et continers ubi larissima est geo leucas A. Cap. Mendecino nero nsq, ad C.S. Luce repertum est teslibus tabula predicta et Francisco...
Dates:
1649
Terra Firma et Novum Regnum Granatense et Popayan, 1663
Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.74
Descriptive Title
Label Text
Atlas Maion (Blau Atlas), Volume XII
Label Text
With detailed engravings, vibrant colors applied by hand, and pages edged with gilding and embossed with geometric designs, the Atlas Maior was the most expensive book for sale in Europe in the mid-1600s. This multivolume set contained maps of regions from around the globe, reflecting Europe's growing interest in seeking information about-and control of-the wider world.
Dates:
1663