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Americæ nova descriptio

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Title
Americæ nova descriptio
Additional title: Americae nova descriptio.
Names
Seile, Henricus (Publisher)
Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662 (Cartographer)
Seile, Anne, -1678 (Publisher)
Collection

Maps of North and South America

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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1663
Place: [London?]
Publisher: [A. Seile]
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 90-7627
Topics
America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Relief shown pictorially.
Content: A re-engraved version of a map previously published for Henri Seile in 1652 under the title "Americae descriptio nova" and subsequently re-published from the same engraving as the 1652 map for Phillippi Chetwood in 1666.
Content: Appears in Peter Heylyn's "Cosmography in four books", 1677.
Content: Watermarks.
Content: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
Statement of responsibility: impensis Anæ Seile ; Rob. Vaughan sculp.
Physical Description
Engravings
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 34 x 41 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 36042062
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14025116
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 223d08c0-004e-0130-ab48-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1663: Issued
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Americæ nova descriptio" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1663. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-ff50-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Americæ nova descriptio" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-ff50-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1663). Americæ nova descriptio Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-ff50-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Americæ nova descriptio