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A map of the world designed by Giovanni Matteo Contarini ; engraved by Francesco Roselli, 1506
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks GA 311 1506.C6 R62 1926 FOLIO
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Contarini, Giovanni Matteo, fl. 1506.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World maps--Early works to 1800.
- World maps.
- Early maps.
- Cartography--History.
- Cartography.
- Physical Description:
- 17 p., [1] leaf of folded plates : map ; 35 cm.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed. rev.
- Place of Publication:
- London [England] : Printed by order of the trustees, sold at the British Museum and by Bernard Quaritch, Humphrey Milford, and Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1926.
- Notes:
- Probably the earliest printed map to show any part of America--P. 3.
- "In this edition the Introduction to the facsimile has been written by Mr. F.P. Sprent."--P. 2.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- HSP copy has bookplate of Boies Penrose II.
- OCLC:
- 4764318
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