Americae nova descriptio
- Author(s)
- Keere, Pieter van den, 1571-approximately 1646 and Goos, Abraham
- Description
- Relief shown pictorially. Shows Tierra del Fuego as an island. Along bottom: Prima orbis circumnavigatio 1525. Secunda orbis circumnavigatio 1580. Tertia orbis circumnavigatio 1588. Quatra orbis circumnavigatio 1601. Emblem above title cartouche: Wie Gaet Ick Keere". Decorative cartouches, pictorial vignettes of cities, islands, and figures around border, descriptive text, rhumb lines, ports, ships, boating figures, sea monsters. Portraits of explorers: Christophorus Columbus...; Americus Vesputius...; Ferdinandis Magellanus...; Franciscus Dracus...; Thomas Candish...; Olivarius. Illustrations of inhabitants: Virginiani; Magellanici; Brasiliani; Magellanici; Virginiani; Chili; Brasiliani; Magellanici. Inset map shows north pole: Polus Arcticus.
- Publisher
- Petrus Kaerius excudit
- Collection
- Renaissance Exploration Map Collection
- Place(s)
- America, North America, South America, North Pole, Greenland, and Iceland
- Subject(s)
- Discovery and exploration
- Held by
- Stanford
- More details at
- https://purl.stanford.edu/ks356zj7198
- Use and reproduction
- Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Copyright
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
- License
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights (Public Domain Mark 1.0).
