[Atlas nouveau contenant toutes les parties du monde ou sont exactement marques les empires
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Abstract:
Factitious collection of about 549 maps taken from the atlases of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, put together with the title "Atlas" and bound in 6 volumes. These volumes originally bore the imprint: Amstelaedamii apvd Reiniervm & Josvam Ottens. Over these words on the title pages of volumes 1-2 and 4-6 is the name of Henrik de Leth who painted them.
Description:
Verso blank.
Subject (Geographic):
British Isles --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Leth, Hendrik de, 1703-1766, Reiner et Josua Ottens (Firm), Schenck, Peter, 1661-1715, Schenck, Peter, ca. 1698-1752, Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651 or 2-1726, and Wit, Frederik de
Subject (Topic):
Atlases --Early works to 1800
Collection Created:
[A Amsterdam, chez J. Covens & C. Mortier, ca. 1730-ca. 1800]
"Cum Privilegio Ordinum Hollandiae et Westfrisiae.", Appears in Visscher's Atlas minor., In, Relief shown pictorially., and Shows the West Indies and Central America from Florida to the northern part of South America, including boundaries, settlements and rivers.
Publisher:
Nicolaes Visscher,
Subject (Geographic):
Caribbean Area--Maps--Early works to 1800, Mexico, Gulf of--Maps--Early works to 1800, and West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702. Atlas minor
Subject (Topic):
Coasts--North America--Maps--Early works to 1800 and Coasts--South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Bar scales given in "Milliaria Germanica communia" and "Milliaria Gallica communia"., Date inferred from C. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, v. 3, p. 165 (Vis 10, map 7)., Prime meridian: Ferro., Relief shown pictorially., and Sheet measures 49.6 x 58.8
