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America Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio
(Renaissance Europe )
This is the second state of this famous map in which the accuracy of the shape of South America is considerably improved. It is printed from the second plate depicting North and South America which removed the bulge from the southwest coast of South America.
Provenance
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, January 23, 1979, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2011, by gift.
Geographies
Belgium, Antwerp
(Place of Origin)
North and South America (Place Depicted)
Measurements
Framed: H: 21 7/16 × W: 27 1/16 × D: 1 in. (54.4 × 68.7 × 2.5 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.
93.164