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Novae Insulae
1540
woodcut
(Renaissance Europe )
(Renaissance Europe )
This is the first printed map to show North and South America as separate continents connected by an isthmus.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
W. Graham Arader III, Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jean and Sidney Silber, Baltimore, May 15, 1980, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2011, by gift.
Measurements
Framed: H: 21 × W: 27 3/8 × D: 1 3/16 in. (53.3 × 69.5 × 3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean and Sidney Silber, 2011
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
93.161