Description: This detail is from the 1562 collaborative map by Diego Gutierrez, a Spanish cartographer from Casa de la Contratacion in Seville, and Hieronymous Cock, a noted engraver from Antwerp. The original map covers both North and South America, showing coastlines, rivers, cities, and mountains, and was printed on six sheets. Relief is shown pictorially on the map. The map scale is approximately 1:17,500,000.
Place Names: Before 1700,
ISO Topic Categories: inlandWaters, oceans
Keywords: Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio , physical, physical features, inlandWaters, oceans, Unknown,1562
Source: Diego Gutierrez , (Antwerp, : Hieronymous Cock, 1562)
Map Credit: Courtesy of the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress |
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