Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio Ab. Ortelius delineab. et excudeb. 1587 ...

No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.

The work in question is a specific 1587 map titled 'Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio' by Abraham Ortelius. While Ortelius's famous atlas, the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', was translated into English in 1606, this specific map is a cartographic document. Cartographic works of this nature are not 'translated' in the literary sense; they are reproduced. No evidence was found of an English-language edition or translation of this specific map's text (the cartouche and labels) as a standalone work. Therefore, it is considered a first translation in the sense that no such translation exists.

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