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| Title | G3290 1592.S4 - America |
| Description | Map of Western Hemisphere, North America, South America |
| Cartographer | Hondius, Jodocus (1563-1612)
Mercator, Gerard (1512-1594)
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| Geographic Area/Subject | Western Hemisphere
North America
South America
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| Date Original | 1606 |
| Notes | From the Mercator-Hondius Atlas; The first Hondius edition of Mercator's Atlas, augmented by fifty new maps by himself and others, was published in 1606. Cf. Phillips, no. 422, v. 1, p. 170. |
| Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
| Dimensions | 42 x 54 cm. |
| Scale | 1:42,000,000 |
| Language | Latin |
| Medium | Engraving |
| Cartouche | Bottom left scene: South American natives making starch. Illustrated with views of ships, fish, birds and sea monsters, with an inset view at lower left ("Modus consiciendi & bibendi potum apud Americanos in Brasilia ... "), showing women preparing food and men eating. |
| Button Search | Regional map
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| File name | GMA_0016 (G3290 1592.S4) |
| File Format | JPEG2000 (.jp2) |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Images were captured in color @ 300 dpi, 8 bpc. Maps without color content were converted to grayscale in Photoshop. JPEG2000 derivatives were made from original TIFFS. |
| Donor | John H. W. and Mary G. Stuckenberg |
| Repository | Special Collections, Gettysburg College |
| Contact Information | http://www.gettysburg.edu/special_collections/contact.dot |
| Rights | Digital images copyright Special Collections, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College. All rights reserved. For permission information, see http://www.gettysburg.edu/special_collections/policies/copyright_information.dot |
