Noua orbis terrarum descriptio opti[c]e proiecta secundu[m]q[ue] peritissimos Anglie geographos multis ni [sic] locis castigatissima et preceteris ipsiq[ue] globo nauigationi faciliter applcanda [sic] per Ioannem Blagrauum gen[er]osum Readingensem mathesibus beneuolentem Beniamin Wright Anglus Londinensis cælator anno Domini 1596.
- Blagrave, John, -1611
- Date:
- [1596]
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Also known as
Nova orbis terrarum descriptio
Nova orbis terrarum descriptio.
Publication/Creation
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1596]
Physical description
2 unnumbered sheets : maps
Notes
Two engraved maps, the first terrestrial, the second celestial ("Astrolabium uranicum generale .."). Evidently intended to illustrate Blagrave's book "Astrolabium uranicum generale", but are not found in any copy of the latter.
Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.
Lacking celestial map; printing indistinct.
References note
STC (2nd ed.) 3120.
Hind, A.M. Engraving in England, I, p. 216-7.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 175:08) s1999 miun s