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Igeret Orḥot ʻolam : ha-melamedet adam daʻat ḥelḳe ha-7 aḳlimim
Igeret Orḥot ʻolam : ha-melamedet adam daʻat ḥelḳe ha-7 aḳlimim
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A cosmographic and geographic work, composed in 1524; this is the first printed edition. It is the earliest Hebrew work containing a description of America.
Names
Farissol, Abraham ben Mordecai (ca. 1451-ca. 1525)
(Author)
Di Gara, Giovanni, active 1564-1610
(Printer)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued:
1586 - 1587
(Approximate)
Place:
Venice (Italy)
Publisher:
Juan de Gara
Library locations
Dorot Jewish Division
Shelf locator: **P (Farissol. Igeret Orḥot ʻolam. 1586)
Topics
Geography, Medieval
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Maps
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Notes
Date: Date issued: 347 (Hebrew calendar)
Physical Description
Extent: 36 [i.e. 72] p. ; 15 cm.
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPH02-B1787
NYPL catalog ID (B-number):
b15402804
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 459e1ca0-c603-012f-a5c2-58d385a7bc34
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Igeret Orḥot ʻolam : ha-melamedet adam daʻat ḥelḳe ha-7 aḳlimim
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Map of the New World