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Title
Nova et aucta orbis terrae descriptio ad usum navigantium emendate accomodata
Description
Nova et aucta orbis terrae descriptio ad usum navigantium emendate accomodata / Gerhard Mercator
Date
Source 10.3931/e-rara-25290 : Info: Kartenportal.CH
Creator
Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594)
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Recommended forms of attribution:
English: Basel University Library, Kartenslg AA 3-5
German: Universitätsbibliothek Basel, Kartenslg AA 3-5
French: Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Bâle-Ville, Kartenslg AA 3-5

 Geotemporal data
Scale Ca. 1:20 000 000
Bounding box
N: 90°N
W: 180°E E: 180°E
S: 90°N
Georeferencing Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.
 Bibliographic data
Language lat
Printed by
Aeditum autem est opus hoc Duysburgi, s.n.
 Archival data
institution QS:P195,Q683842
Accession number
Basel UB, Kartenslg AA 3-5
Dimensions 135 × 212 cm (53.1 × 83.4 in)
Medium Kupferstich
Notes Widmung oben links: "Illustrissimo et clementissimo Principi ac Domino, Domino Wilhelmo Duci Juliae, Clivorum et Montis Comiti Marchiae et Ravensburgi, Domino in Ravenstein opus hoc felicibus ejus auspiciis inchoatum atque perfectum Gerardus Mercator dedicabat" / Weitere Kartuschen (v.a. in der unteren Kartenhälfte) mit folgenden Titeln: Inspectori Salutem; De presbitero Joanne Asiatico; De longitudinum geographicarum initio et polo magnetis; In subjectam septentrionalis descriptionem; Prima orbis circumnavigatio; Quod Nigir in Nilum fluat; Brevis usus Organi Directorii; De Meridiane Continentis ad Javam Majorem accessu; Distantiae locorum mensurandae modus; De vero Gangis et Aureae Chersoni situ / Faksimile und Beschreibung unter der Signatur: Kartenslg Mappe 1:5a

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current01:27, 12 September 2015Thumbnail for version as of 01:27, 12 September 201526,571 × 6,942, 3 pages (1.56 GB)Basel University Library=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Map | accession number = Basel UB, [http://aleph.unibas.ch/F/?local_base=DSV01&con_lng=GER&func=find-b&find_code=SYS&request=002614617 Kartenslg AA 3-5] | author = Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594) | date = 1569 | demo = | descrip

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