| Collection |
Harris Foundation |
| Object ID |
2008.009.0003 |
| Object Type |
Map |
| Title |
Descripcion Del Destricto Del Avienca De La Espanola |
| Date |
1601 |
| Abstract |
Print of a map from a copper engraving by Antonio de Herra y Tordesillas from "Novus Orbis, sive Descrptio Indiae Occidentalis". This rare map shows the Caribbean, the Venezuela coast and a small portion of Florida. Its cartography is based on the manuscript charts of Juan Lopez de Velasco from c. 1575-80. |
| Credit line |
Gift of the Harris Foundation |
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