- Bib ID:
- 1846593
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Tavernier, Melchior, -1641
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Scale [ca. 1:60 000 000]
- Description:
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- Paris : Chez M. Tavernier Graveur et Imprimeur du Roy pour les Cartes Geographique et autres Tailles Doulces Demeurant en l'Isle du Palais a la Sphere Royalle, 1643
- 1 map : col. ; 2 hemispheres each 25 cm. in diam., on sheet 40.3 x 55.0 cm.
- Notes:
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- Double hemispherical world map with relief shown pictorially.
- Text in Latin and French.
- Includes animal representations of the elements in each corner: Air - Eagle; Fire - Salamander; Earth - Lion, Elephant, Deer... ; Water - Whale. Also includes two celestial circles and two banners showing degrees in French and German miles.
- Cartouche title in Western Hemisphere: Carte de l'Amerique.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232279653
- Cited In:
- Shirley, 360.
- Subject:
- World maps -- Early works to 1800
- Time Coverage:
- 1643
- Also Titled:
- Carte universelle de tout le monde nouvellement dresse sur les relations et nouvelles decouvertes des Anglois Holandois et autres
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1641
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1643
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