Novissima et accuratissima septentrionalis ac meridionalis Americae : descriptio, multis locis recentibus aucta et correcté divisa in omnes partes hodiernas / per Fredericum de Witt ; F. de Wit excudit.

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16389935

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Title: Novissima et accuratissima septentrionalis ac meridionalis Americae : descriptio, multis locis recentibus aucta et correcté divisa in omnes partes hodiernas / per Fredericum de Witt ; F. de Wit excudit.
Creator: Wit, Frederik de
Contributor: Wit, Frederik de
Copyright Date: [approximately 1690]
Description: "Cum Privilegio D.D. Ordinum Holl. Westfriliegs."
According to P.D. Burden, Mapping of North America, this is the seventh state of de Wit's map of America, with a new title engraved adding the privilege statement, lower case letters inserted between the latitude numbers and upper case letters between the longitude, and the longitudinal line 338° bearing a bad plate crack in the souther hemipshere, with an erased compass rose at the junction of 338° longitude and 10° north latitude.
Appears in various editions of Wit's Atlas.
Baked with paper.
Number "2" in upper right corner.
Prime meridian: Ferro.
Relief shown pictorially.
Watermark.
Extent: 1 map : hand colored ; 48 x 57 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale approximately 1:2,300,000
Coordinates: (E 148°00ʹ00ʺ--W 30°00ʹ00ʺ/N 80°00ʹ00ʺ--S 60°00ʹ00ʺ)., -030.000000, -060.000000, 080.000000, 148.000000, 2300000, and a
Language: Latin

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: BrSides Double Folio 2019 115

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: cartographic
Genre: California as an island.
Maps.
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Geographic): America--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name): Wit, Frederik de

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 465 (state 7)

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 7057230
Object ID (OID): 16389935