File:Pietro Martire d'Anghiera Map of the Caribbean 1511 JCB.jpg

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Title
Map of the Caribbean
Description
A map of the Caribbean basin, including the islands of Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, with the coast of Florida and Central America. Nautical elements include soundings. This is the first printed map specifically devoted to the Americas and the first mention of Bermuda on a map.
Date
Source
institution QS:P195,Q6225372
JCB 1-SIZE H511.A587o library catalog record
digitized map
Creator
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera
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 Geotemporal data
Date depicted
Map location Caribbean
Map type woodcut map
 Bibliographic data
Publication
P. Martyris Angli Mediolanensis Opera : Legatio Babylonica ; Occeani decas ; Poemata ; Epigrammata
Author
Peter Martyr d'Anghiera
Page(s) leaf [45] recto
Language Latin
Place of publication Seville
 Archival data
institution QS:P195,Q6225372
Accession number
0232
Dimensions height: 27.8 cm (10.9 in); width: 19.5 cm (7.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,27.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,19.5U174728

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