The map includes a dedication cartouche to Nicolas Witsen, the Mayor of Amsterdam and driving force behind many voyages of commerce and discovery at the time.
Item type: 1 map Medium: copperplate engraving Dimensions: 39 x 53 cm Former owner: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 - 2E9FYA2 from Alamy's library of. Place of publication: Amsterdam Publisher: AMSTELODAMI Sumptibus Henrici Hondy, Date of publication: between 16.
Totus circuli westphalici accurata descriptio visscher download#
The majority of the cartographic details derive from Visscher's map derives from Joan Blaeu's wall map of the world, published in 1648. Download this stock image: TOTIUS CIRCULI WESTPHALICI accurata descriptio Author Hondius, Hendrik 91.5. California appears in the Briggs model, unlike later copies of the map by DeWit and others, who used the Sanson Model. The map includes California as an Island, one massive open ended Great Lake, conjectural Northwest Passage, Straits on Anian, and rich illustration in the interior of North And South America, along with nearly a dozen ships at se and two rich cartouches. (to accompany) Atlas geographicus omnes orbis terrarum regiones Atlas geographique representant en XLI cartes toutes les regions de la terre. Visscher's map became the proto-type map for Dutch maps of America for the next 50 years. circuli Westphalici, Rhenani superioris, Belgii Foederati et catholici ad emendatoria exemplaria adhuc edita jussu Acad. Finely colored example of Visscher's famous map of the Western Hemisphere, showing California as an Island and a small slice of New Zealand at the lower left corner, next to the title cartouche. Totius Circuli Westphalici accurata descriptio : cum Privilegio Ordin.Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio per N.
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