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Title	Americas 1596
Full Title	America sive novvs orbis respectv Evropaeorvm inferior globi terrestris pars / [Theod. de Bry]
Creator	Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
Contributors	White, John, fl. 1585-1593 Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, d. 1588 Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598. America. Pars 6. Latin Benzoni, Girolamo, b. 1519. Historia del Mondo Nuovo. Book 3. Latin
Publication Date	1596
Map Publisher	Formis Theod. de Bry
Subject	America--Maps--Early works to 1800 North America--Maps--Early works to 1800 Central America--Maps--Early works to 1800 South America--Maps--Early works to 1800 America--Discovery and exploration--Maps--Early works to 1800 Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800 Early maps
Continent	North and Central America South America
Notes	Includes latitude and longitude. Relief shown pictorially. Four explorers support the circle enclosing the hemisphere in a maritime landscape. The explorers with dates of their discoveries are from top left: Christopher Columbus (1492) and Amerigo Vespucci (1497); from bottom left: Ferdinand Magellan (1519), and Francisco Pizarro (1526). Includes illustrations of ships and a monstrous fish. First map of America to show the White-le Moyne geography of Virginia and Florida. Appears in Girolamo Benzoni's History of the new world, v. 3., which is part 6 of de Bry's Grands voyages. Latin ed. published 1596, 1617, and 1624. In Latin.
Type	Image
Scale	1:30,000,000
Original Collection	American Geographical Society Library - Maps
Original Item Description	1 map : circular ; 14 cm. diam., on sheet 33 x 41 cm.
Original Item ID	AGS RARE 052 B-1596
Language	la
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital ID	am011853
Digital Format	image/tif; image/jp2
Date.Digitized	2012
Digital Collection	American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

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