Name of map : Americae sive Novi Orbis Descriptio
Cartographer : Ortelius (1527-1598)
Stock number : 5474
Map number : Ort 10; (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici III): not identified
State number of plate: 1
Copy from edition: 1579 Latin Page signature: 5
Estimated number of copies printed: 1475
Estimated number of loose copies in circulation: 25
Area displayed : North and South America, West Atlantic,
Pacific, New Guinea;
Plate size : 357 x 494 mm;
Paper size : 430 x 555 mm;
Margins, left : 27 mm, right: 30 mm;
upper : 28 mm, lower: 40 mm;
Paper thickness and quality: light but strong;
Paper color : white and fresh
Age of map color: recent coloring, expertly executed;
Imperfections
margins : a few small tears in upper margin expertly
repaired
tear in lower right
margin just extending to plate
mark expertly repaired;
plate area : none;
verso : none;
Overall quality :perfect/excellent/VERY GOOD/good/fair/mediocre/poor
Remark: this is by far the rarest of the three America maps of Ortelius.
Price : € Euro 7500