Detail View: Old Maps Collection: Noua orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum
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Barcode:
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4687820500581
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Title:
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Noua orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum
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Original Title:
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Noua orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum
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Contributor:
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Eckebrecht, Philipp, 1594-1667
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Contributor:
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Walch, J. P. (Johann Philipp)
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Contributor:
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Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630
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Category:
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Hemispheres
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Type:
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Printed
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Language:
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Latin
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Create Year:
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1630
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Format:
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JPEG2000, 8491 × 5052, 6.5MB
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Page No.:
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1
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Scale:
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ca. 1:100,000,000
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
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43 × 72
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Note:
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Prime meridian based on the astronomer Tycho Brahe's observatory in Denmark. Map drawn in three parts (left to right): 1 half-hemisphere (15 cm. radius), 1 hemisphere (29 cm. in diameter), and 1 half-hemisphere (15 cm. radius). Includes note and ill. of double eagle. Included in map folder: Folder (24 x 31 cm.) containing 7 photocopies from printed references and 1 letter of correspondence all describing this map. Also included is a section of the original map folder with a manuscript note regarding the date of publication and representation in Kepler's atlas. Mounted on cloth.
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Note:
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Macao was marked in the middle of Pearl River Estuary in this map.
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Note:
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Macao in World Maps
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Reference:
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Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of the world. 1983, p. 358-9 Bricker, Charles. Landmarks of mapmaking. 1977, p. 252-3
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Subject:
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Earth
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Geographic Area:
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World
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Relation Note:
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Appears in Johannes Kepler's Tabvlae Rudolphinae. Ulm : Johannes Saur, 1627-30.
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Pub Title:
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Tabvlae Rudolphinae
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Pub Author:
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Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630
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Pub Year:
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1630
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Pub location:
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Nuremberg
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Provenance:
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Library of Congress Map Collections
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MUST holding:
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http://10.20.100.239/record=b1347421
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