Idea naturalis Americae Borealis digito dei formata geographice proposita an MDCC.

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Map shows southern and eastern portions of North America, Central America, the northeast coast of South America, the Caribbean islands, and California (depicted as an island). Includes illustrations of animals, birds, plants, and sea creatures in subtitle cartouche and dispersed across map; global hemisphere atop title. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

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1 map : col. ; 22 x 34 cm.

Creation Information

Creator: Unknown. 1700.

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  • Main Title: Idea naturalis Americae Borealis digito dei formata geographice proposita an MDCC.
  • Parallel Title: North America with the finger of God formed the natural idea of ​​the proposed geographic area, 1700.

Description

Map shows southern and eastern portions of North America, Central America, the northeast coast of South America, the Caribbean islands, and California (depicted as an island). Includes illustrations of animals, birds, plants, and sea creatures in subtitle cartouche and dispersed across map; global hemisphere atop title. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

Physical Description

1 map : col. ; 22 x 34 cm.

Notes

Text in upper left corner: "Fol. H." Text in margins of map [clockwise]: "Sept", "Ort", "Merid", "Ort." Text in lower left corner: "Cum suo apparatu volucrum piscium et quadrupedum a MDCC [Preparation of fish and birds, with their four-footed animals from 1700]."

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Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington

Funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities "We the People" grant, this collection showcases maps from the Gulf Coast region and the greater Southwest.

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  • 1700

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  • Oct. 10, 2011, 11:41 a.m.

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  • June 9, 2015, 5:48 p.m.

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Idea naturalis Americae Borealis digito dei formata geographice proposita an MDCC., map, 1700; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187676/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library.

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