World maps & models
Mercator’s world map for navigation
Historical recordMercator’s 1569 world map in the Basel holding, shown as the institution’s complete-map composite. Its southern continent is conjectural, not a verified survey of ice-free Antarctica.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- Nova et aucta orbis terrae descriptio ad usum navigantium emendate accomodata
- Artifact date
- 1569
- Holding institution
- Universitätsbibliothek Basel
- Accession
- UBH Kartenslg AA 3-5
Gerhard Mercator (1569), Universitätsbibliothek Basel, UBH Kartenslg AA 3-5, https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-25290 / Public Domain Mark. Actual institutional image reproduction; not proof of later interpretations. Source & reuse ↗
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Image rights and evidence limits
Public Domain Mark 1.0
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Sources and what they support
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- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.e-rara.ch/bau_1/content/titleinfo/7955225
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Inspect conjectural southern land on an actual 1569 world map; the drawing alone does not establish a lost survey tradition.
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