ORONCE FINE. Nova, Et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio. Paris, 1541. Medici Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial

Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America (Williamsburg

the manuscript maps were intercepted in the Atlantic by the Dutch

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This folding map was expressly prepared for the text accompanying this map

the most notable being held by the British Museum and the Oak Spring Library

ORONCE FINE. Nova, Et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio. Paris, 1541. Medici Degrees of Latitude: Mapping ColonialOronce FINE (1494 1555) Nova, et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio Paris: Christianus Wechelus, 1541 Sheet: 11 2 8 x 16 2 8 to the neat line, framed: 24 x 28 4 8 Single sheet, matted and framed Woodcut double cordiform world map, the title within a ribbon banner along the top edge, Wechelis imprint centre lower edge, showing the world in two hemispheres, the right being mostly Terra Australis, recently discovered, but not yet explored and South