Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula / auctore Nicolao Visscher.

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Title: Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula / auctore Nicolao Visscher.
Creator: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679
Contributor: Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683.
Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664. Novus Atlas.
Visscher, Jan de, 1633-approximately 1692.
Published / Created: [1658]
Copyright Date: ]1658]
Publication Place: [Amsterdam] :
Publisher: [Jan Jansson],
Description: "J. de Vissscher sculpsit".
Decorations by N.P. Berchem.
First appeared in Jan Jansson's 1658 ''Novus Atlas''.
Imperfect: southern hemisphere mutilated along fold, with some loss of text. Contemporary ms. notes in margin. Rebacked on linen. Label on verso with manuscript number "588/60." Cross collection no. 19.
Shows California as an island.
Two hemispheres surrounded by mythological figures, with polus articus at top center and polus antarcticus at bottom center.
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 2 hemispheres each 28 cm in diam., on sheet 49 x 60 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale approximately 1:90,000,000 at the equator.
Coordinates: (W 180⁰--E 180⁰/N 90⁰--S 90⁰)., 090.000000, -090.000000, 180.000000, -180.000000, 90000000, and a
Language: Latin

Format: cartographic
Genre: Annotations (Provenance)--17th century
California as an island--1637.
Maps.
World maps.
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Name): Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683.
Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664. Novus Atlas.
Visscher, Jan de, 1633-approximately 1692.
Subject (Topic): World maps--Early works to 1800

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Citation: Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 406