Latin (language)

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...

Translated Title A New Representation of America, or the New World Transcript (DCI) Hic uspiam insulas esle auro dissites nonnulli noluntHe due insule infortunate sunt dicte a Magellano, qud nec homines nee victui apta haberentNova Guinea, Andrea at Corsalus Florent: videtur eā sub nomine Terre Piccinnacoli designarePorto real ad quem Galli mercatum nauigantPatagonum Regio. ubi incole sunt...

Translated Title A Recent and Most Accurate Representation of Florida, a Province of America Descriptive Title Early map of the province of Florida Description From catalog info:Fkiruda, southeastern United States, Cuba, Bahamas.Three bar scales: Leucarum, Marinarum, and Terrefirium; Scale 1:5,300,000.Frankfort:Theodore de Bry, 1564 (1591)John Wecheli Press; See Narrative of Le Moyne...

Translated Title A Most Recent Map of the Entire World Descriptive Title Atlas Manitumus Label Text With a map of the globe surrounded by astronomical diagrams, zodiac signs, and allegorical scenes of the four seasons, this image aims to chart both time and place on the Earth and in the heavens. But Seller also combines fact and fantasy: California is depicted as an island, and the map includes the mythical...

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A New and Most Accurate Map of the World

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de Zee-Atlas

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Atlas Maion (Blau Atlas), Volume XII

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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.