Cuba Insula ; Hispaniola Insula

Cuba Insula ; Hispaniola Insula

Item Information

Title:
Cuba Insula ; Hispaniola Insula
Title (alt.):
Cuba insula, Hispaniola insula, insula Iamaica, Ins. S. Ioannis, I.S. Margareta cum confiniis
Creator:
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594
Date:
[1633]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
Antilles, Greater--Maps--Early works to 1800
Virgin Islands of the United States--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Greater Antilles (area)
Virgin Islands of the United States (territory)
West Indies
Extent:
5 maps on 1 sheet ; 17 x 36 cm. or smaller, on sheet 48 x 57 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/6t053q80b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Amsterdam : Hendrik Hondius
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:5 000 000]
Scale [ca. 1:3 300 000]
Language:
Latin
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridian: [Ferro].
Cuba Insula includes inset "Havana portus celeberimus totius indiae Occidentalis."
Ancillary maps: Insula Iamaica -- Ins. S. Ioannis -- Is. Margareta cum confiniis.
French text on verso; with caption title "Les isles de la Cuba, Espaignole, Iamaique, de S. Iean et Margarite," paginated 701, 704, with signatures 8P.
Bar scale in "miliaria Germanica" and "leucae Hispanicae."
From Hendrik Hondius's Gerardi Mercatoris et I. Hondii Atlas ... A Amsterdam : Chez Henry Hondius, 1633.
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_006349
Call #:
G4900 1633 .M47
Barcode:
39999059024917