BMC 43--Tabula Terre Nove (Admiral’s Map), [Northwestern Portion], 1513
Martin Waldseemüller 'Tabula Terra Nova' from Claudius Ptolemaeus Geographia, Strasbourg, 1513. One of twenty maps containing new information gathered from many travels and voyages of discovery, which earned the work the title of 'first modern atlas of the world.' It was also the first printed map to show part of America. This version depicts just the northwestern section of Ptolemy's map.
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Description - Martin Waldseemüller 'Tabula Terra Nova' from Claudius Ptolemaeus Geographia, Strasbourg, 1513. One of twenty maps containing new information gathered from many travels and voyages of discovery, which earned the work the title of 'first modern atlas of the world.' It was also the first printed map to show part of America. This version depicts just the northwestern section of Ptolemy's map.
Creator - Martin Waldseemüller
Date - 1513
Language - Latin
Identifier - G572-206942-I043
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Link to MSA Catalog - https://archives.maine.gov/repositories/3/archival_objects/397889