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Title: Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio Author: Ortelius, Abraham Place: Antwerp Publisher: Date: 1597-[printed later] Description: Engraved map, full color. 35.5x38.5 cm. (14x15¼"). The third of the plates that Ortelius used for maps of the American continent, the first two appearing in 1570 and 1579, respectively, the present one easily identifiable by the absence of the bulge in the west coast of South America, also by the many additional ships in the oceans. This is the only one of the three plates with Ortelius' imprint, in which he states he is the author. This state is first map to apply the name California to a region, lying along what is now Baja California. On the first state as well as this one, the tip of Baja California is labeled C. California. Burden remarks that "at first glance not much appears to have been altered, but close inspection reveals a great deal. The Solomon Islands are here shown for the first time since they were discovered in 1568 by Alvaro de Mendaña. On the west coast of North America some new nomenclature appears, R. de los estrechos, C. Mendocino, and California. The most important introductions on the east coast are the Indian name WINGANDEKOA, and just to the north an inlet. They both originate from the unsuccessful English attempts at colonising the Outer Banks of present day North Carolina. It has been suggested that the inlet could be the first depiction of Chesapeake Bay on a printed map..." The present example has no text on the reverse, and the upper right corner of map shows crack in plate. Burden 88. Further Notes from the Files of Warren Heckrotte Full title: Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. | [ in separate cartouche :] Ulterius Septentrionem versus sue regiones incognitæ adhuc sunt . | Cum Privilegio decennali Ab. Ortelius delineab. et excudeb. 1587. Provenance: Nebenzahl, 5/66 References: Wa-NWC 147. W-TW 15 ( Rep first state ). Martin & Martin, Maps of Texas and the Southwest, Plate 5 ( Rep ). Barron, Decorative Maps, Plate 8 ( Rep; this copy also has the crack in the plate ). California 49, map 5 (Rep, earlier state). Lot Amendments Condition: Left margin reinforded with paper on verso, ink notation "Amerique" in top margin, ink notation on reverse; very good or better condition. Item number: 267394