Diesth, Aegidius Coppenius. cartographic map cartographic image be Antwerp] [Auctoris aere & cura impressum absolutumque apud Aegid. Coppenium Diesth] [1570] 1570 monographic lat

cartographic material

map

map

1 map : copperplate engraving ; 35 x 47 cm

unmediated

sheet

Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and central figure at the pinnacle of Dutch cartographic science during the Age of Discovery. He was famously the first to publish a printed collection of maps with the title of atlas. A very colorful map with a lot of detail and great deal of text depicting the land of Tartary which was the medieval name for north and central Asia from the Caspian Sea to the Pacifica Ocean. This is one of the earliest maps to show the Bering Strait between Asia and America (here given as the "Stretto di Anian") No Known Copyright No Known Copyright Relief shown pictorially and with hachures A map of Tartary, and some parts of China, America and Europe. Japan is also marked. There are descriptive texts on the map. Continet hec tabula dem Tartariam, cum religua Asie Orientasions ... [decorat. cart. low. l. h.]. Decorated margins. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00485 Print Map Item-ID: i11401722 BIB-ID: 1172515 Scale not given East Asia Maps Early works to 1800 Central Asia Maps Early works to 1800 China Manchuria Mongolia Rusia Siberia Ortelius, Abraham (1527-1598) a4370691 Map 47 864135493 rdc BNM 000424 20131205050151.0 ocn864135493 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) spa