The "Cantino" planisphere.

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Imprint:[Chicago, Ill.] : Rand McNally, 1991.
Description:1 map : color ; 31 x 66 cm
Language:Italian
Subject:World maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles.
Early maps.
World maps.
Early maps.
Early works.
Facsimiles.
Cartographic data:Scale not given.
Format: Map Print
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2734344
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Other authors / contributors:Cantino, Alberto, active 1502.
Rand McNally and Company.
Notes:Facsimile.
Original illuminated manuscript on 3 vellum leaves, Biblioteca Estense, Modena, Italy.
"Printed in Genoa, Italy, believed to be the native city of Christopher Columbus" in lower left margin.
On verso: Rand McNally's Christmas greeting and 10 insets of the map with explanatory text.
Originally folded to 18 x 23 cm.
Original version: Lisbon : [s.n.], 1502.

Regenstein, Room 370, Map Collection

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Holdings details from Regenstein, Room 370, Map Collection
Call Number: G3200 1502 .C3 1991
c.1 Available Loan period: building use only  Need help? - Ask a Librarian