Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
92-009.001 |
Object Name |
Map |
Collection |
AzMNH |
Date |
1597 |
Scope & Content |
Ancient map of world depicted as two hemispheres held up by figure of man - hemispheres 13.8 cm diameter - oceans - continents - North America labeled America Sive India Nova - Northern passage shown - shape of North America reflects early exploration with West Coast badly distorted - from Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum - 1597 or slightly later - Belgium - elaborate scrollwork around title |