Noua orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano tabb. Rudolphi astronomicarum / Philippus Eckebrecht civis Norimbergensis ; sumptus faciente Io. Kepplero ; sculpsit Norimbergae J.P. Walch.

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Eckebrecht, Philipp, 1594-1667.

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

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[Nuremberg] : Philippus Eckebrecht, 1630.

NOTES
Relief shown pictorially.

Appears in Johannes Kepler's Tabvlæ Rudolphinæ. 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).

Reference: Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of the world. 1983, p. 358-9

Reference: 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.

Scale [ca. 1:100,000,000]. At equator (W 180⁰--E 180⁰/N 90⁰--S 90⁰).

SUBJECTS
World maps--Early works to 1800.
World.

RELATED NAMES
Walch, J. P. (Johann Philipp)
Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630. Tabvlæ Rudolphinæ.

MEDIUM
1 map ; on sheet 44 x 72 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3200 1630 .E3

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

DIGITAL ID
g3200 ct001471 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3200.ct001471

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