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Rudimenta cosmographica.

Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500–1926 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Honter, Johannes, 1498-1549.
Contributor:
Vogtherr, Heinrich, 1490-1556.
Series:
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Language:
Latin
Subjects (All):
Cosmography.
Geography.
Geography, Medieval.
Early maps.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 v. (unpaged) ) ill., maps ;
Other Title:
Rvdimenta cosmographica.
Place of Publication:
Tiguri : apud Froschouerum, Anno [1546]
Notes:
Author's name given in caption title on p. [3].
First published under this title, Brasov, 1541.
Originally published under title: Rudimentorum cosmographiae libri duo. Cracow, 1530.
In verse.
Includes section of woodcuts, consisting of 3 illustrations and 13 maps, all unnumbered. 12 of these maps cover two pages each and are printed on adjacent versos and rectos.
World map, dated Tiguri, 1546, bears monogram of Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder and includes America [=South America], while North America is designated as "Parias".
Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
Sabin no. 32794.
Cited in:
RLIN, CTRG95-B648
OCLC:
85790959

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