Orbis descriptio. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Orbis descriptio.

Creator

  • Author: Ptolemy, active 2nd century
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: [Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi]
    Place of Publication: [Venetia]

Date

  • Creation: 1561

Language

  • Latin
  • Italian

Description

  • Content Description: Map shows known and assumed mid-sixteenth century geographic outlines and place names of continents and islands in the eastern and western hemispheres. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
  • Physical Description: 1 map : 2 hemispheres each 13 cm. in diam., on sheet 22 x 30 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - Africa
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - Asia
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - Europe
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - North America
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - South America
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Places - Oceania
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Western Hemisphere -- Maps.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Eastern Hemisphere -- Maps.

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Coverage Date: 1561
  • Place Name: Europe
  • Place Name: Middle East
  • Place Name: Africa
  • Place Name: North America
  • Place Name: Central America and Caribbean
  • Place Name: South America
  • Place Name: Australia/Oceania
  • Place Name: Central Asia
  • Place Name: East & Southeast Asia
  • Place Name: South Asia

Collection

  • Name: Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington
    Code: UTAM

Institution

  • Name: University of Texas at Arlington Library
    Code: UTA

Resource Type

  • Map

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 00-388
  • OCLC: 42448445
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth251671

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationHardware: BetterLight Super8K
  • Display Note: Map appeared in the author's La geografia di Clavdio Tolomeo Alessandrino.
  • Display Note: Italian text on verso: "Tavola Vniversal nvova, con la descrittione di tutto il mondo."
  • Display Note: Publication date is not printed on the map.
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