Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio

Cartographer

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552

Date

• ca. 1588

Publisher

[Basel]: [Publisher not identified]

Summary

• Covers also the Pacific including New Guinea and Antarctica, i.e. Meridies terra del fuego.
• Title at top: Die newen Inseln, so hinder Hispania gegen Orient, bey dem Landt Indie gelegen.
• Relief shown pictorially.
• Appeared in the author's Cosmographia.
• On verso: America, die newe Welt, oder Inseln, so hinder His-pania gegen Orient, bey dem Landt Indie gelegen. XXVI.
• In the right-hand panel of text surmounting the map, the words Nova Francia appear in roman text rather than italic and the last word in the second line is Spanien.