Americae Peruvi aque ita ut postremum detecta traditur recens delineatio

Single sheet, copper-plate engraving on paper, linen-backed. Scale: [ca. 1:25 000 000 (lat)]. Map of central and South America. Sea decorated with ships and monsters; houses and mountains depicted. Two insets: Cusco regionis Peru metropolis (Cuzco the metropolis of Peru), and: Missico Hispaniae Novae metropolis (Mexico the metropolis of New Spain).

Object Details

ID: G244:1/3
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: van Doetichum, Joannes van Doetichum; Doetichum, Lucas van
Places: South America
Date made: 1578
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 37 x 46.5cm, on sheet 40.5 x 52cm.