Novi orbis pars borealis, America scilicet complectens Floridam, Baccalaon, Canadam, terram Corterialem, Virginiam, Norombecam, pluresque alias provincias.

between 1600 and 1608?
Map Collection #MC0026
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Creator(s)
Quad, Matthias, 1557-1613; Jode, Cornelis de, 1568-1600; Bussemacher, Johann, 1580-1613
Physical description
0.001 Cubic Feet
Preferred Citation
Novi Orbis Pars Borealis Map (#MC0026), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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ECU Manuscript Collection
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Map (1600) of North America, entitled Novi Orbis Pars Borealis, America Scilicet, Complectens Foridam, Baccalaon, Candam, Terram corte, by Matthias Quadt, engraved by Johannes Bussemacher, extends from the Caribbean to the Northwest Passage and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. It is excised from the original engraving published in Quadt's Geographisch Handbuch where the first Atlas was published in German. 9 x 11.5 x 0.125 inches. Matted. Hand colored.

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This map is based on Cornelius de Jode's "Americae Pars Borealis". Purchased from Richard B. Arkway (8/6/2002); Appraised by Lynn Roundtree (Armadillo Books, 8/31/2002).

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September 6, 2002, 1 item, 0.0001 cubic feet; Map (1600) of North America, entitled Novi Orbis Pars Borealis, America Scilicet, Complectens Foridam, Baccalaon, Candam, Terram corte, by Matthias Quadt, engraved by Johannes Bussemacher, extending from the Caribbean to the Northwest Passage and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans (25- 90. North Latitude; 240- 345West Longitude) excised from the original engraving published in Quadt's Geographisch Handbuch. 9" x 11.5" x 0.125" . Matted. Hand colored, ca. 19th century. Donor: Langford Endowment Fund.

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Gift of Langford Endowment Fund

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