Hispaniae novae sive magnae recens et vera descriptio

Description

Ortelius's map of Mexico, one of the earliest printed maps of
New Spain
.
Title:
Hispaniae novae sive magnae recens et vera descriptio
Identifier:
NL-00246
WE SELL ONLY ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAPS -- NO REPRODUCTIONS
Description
This was the standard map of the area for a generation, copied by De Bry, Quad, and Hondius. Even though Herrera (Spain's Royal Cosmographer) and Wytfliet worked twenty years after Ortelius, they produced inferior maps of the to this one. The map shows an area corresponding roughly to the modern Mexican states of Michoacan, Jalisco, Mayarit, and Guerrero, plus the Valley of Mexico.
It is adorned with two strapwork cartouches and sailing ships. Note the large number of place names, often so densely distributed that reference by number or letter is used to save space, and lines are drawn from place names to circles indicating their location. Numerous rivers are depicted, but most of them remain unnamed. Spanish barracks or tents are indicated by small squares with a circle in the middle.
Verso Text: Latin
Condition description:
A good and dark impression with vivd colors.
Dimensions:
51 x 35 cm (20 x 13.7 in)
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