Texas State Archives Map Collection



America fiue India Nova ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui Vniverfalis . imitationam in compendium redacta
Date: 1620
Publisher: Reproduction, published by Penn Prints, New York, n.d.
Cartographer: Mercator, Michael, Duisburg, 1620
Scale: none given
Size: 46 cm x 57 cm
Type of Map: general
Format: color, engraved, lithographed, printed
Language: Latin
AC Number: 01544
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

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Description:
Translated (America and the New Indies) Subtitle: Map of America Covers North, Central and South America, New Guinea, the West Indies, and part of each of the arctic circles. Shows major rivers, mountainous areas, European possessions on the continents, major towns, missions, and Indian tribes. Insets: 1) [Gulf of Mexico], 2) [Cuba], 3) Haiti. There are numerous notes throughout the map, which is in Latin. 6/24/83

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