Map Noua orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum

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Title

  • Noua orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum

Other Title

  • Nova orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum

Names

  • Eckebrecht, Philipp, 1594-1667.
  • Walch, J. P. (Johann Philipp)
  • Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.

Created / Published

  • [Nuremberg] : Philippus Eckebrecht, 1630.

Headings

  • -  World maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Earth

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Appears in Johannes Kepler's Tabvlae Rudolphinae. Ulm : Johannes Saur, 1627-30.
  • -  Prime meridian based on the astronomer Tycho Brahe's observatory in Denmark.
  • -  Map drawn in three parts (left to right): 1 half-hemisphere (15 cm. radius), 1 hemisphere (29 cm. in diameter), and 1 half-hemisphere (15 cm. radius).
  • -  Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of the world. 1983, p. 358-9
  • -  Bricker, Charles. Landmarks of mapmaking. 1977, p. 252-3
  • -  Includes note and ill. of double eagle.
  • -  Included in map folder: Folder (24 x 31 cm.) containing 7 photocopies from printed references and 1 letter of correspondence all describing this map. Also included is a section of the original map folder with a manuscript note regarding the date of publication and representation in Kepler's atlas.
  • -  Mounted on cloth.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: 3 vertical fold lines. Pin holes in cloth tape in all corners.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map ; on sheet 44 x 72 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3200 1630 .E3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006627265

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Eckebrecht, Philipp, J. P Walch, and Johannes Kepler. Noua orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum. [Nuremberg: Philippus Eckebrecht, 1630] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006627265/.

APA citation style:

Eckebrecht, P., Walch, J. P. & Kepler, J. (1630) Noua orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum. [Nuremberg: Philippus Eckebrecht] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2006627265/.

MLA citation style:

Eckebrecht, Philipp, J. P Walch, and Johannes Kepler. Noua orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum. [Nuremberg: Philippus Eckebrecht, 1630] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2006627265/>.