Image Title

:  Orbis terrarum cognitus veteribus Graecis et Latinis.

Additional Name(s)

: A. and J. Churchill (Booksellers : London, England) -- Bookseller
Sheldonian Theatre -- Publisher
Wells, Edward, 1667-1727  -- Cartographer

Published Date

: [1709?]

Item Physical Description

: 1 map ; 2 hemispheres each 8 cm. in diameter, on sheet 13 x 20 cm.

Notes

: Appears in Dionysius's Orbis terrae descriptio. Note 2.) At lower left corner: Pag. 2. Note 3.) Includes coat-of-arms. Note 4.) Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 1032. Note 5.) National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard. Note 6.) This map names only the three continents known to the classical ancient world. Note 7.) "Nobili juveni Jacobo Dno. Compton Honmi. Comitis Northamptoniae filio natu maximo tabulam hanc Geographicam D.D.D. Edvardus Wells."

Source

: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection of English maps, charts, globes, books and atlases / Charts and maps

Location

: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

Catalog Call Number

: Map Div. 97-6474 [LHS 1032]

Digital ID

: 464974

Record ID

: 292090

Digital Item Published

: 2-3-2004; updated 3-25-2011