[Double cordiform map of the world, 1538]

Description:

Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:65,000,000 ; Cordiform projection Relief shown pictorially. Title from another facsimile published by the New York Public Library. Also known as World map on double cordiform projection and Orbis imago. Facsimile of Gerhard Mercator's first world map, published in Louvain, 1538. 43 x 60 centimeters Scale approximately 1:65,000,000 Ames Library of South Asia Maps

Resource Link:

https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll246:150

Identifier:

UMN_ALMA:9954287650001701

Language:

eng

Creator:

Brevoort, James Carson, 1818-1887 and Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594

Provider:

University of Minnesota

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

World maps

Temporal Coverage:

1538

Date Issued:

1920 - 1929

Spatial Coverage:

World

Rights:

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Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG