Allegorical vignettes of the four seasons., Double hemisphere, with smaller polar insets., Label on verso with manuscript number "101/61." Manuscript notes on verso: A.K. 481; no. 3; de Wit, 1660 [crossed out] 1677. Cross collection no. 26., Relief shown pictorially., Shows California as an island., and State 2, in which cherubs were placed in the cusps and a border added; see Rodney Shirley, Mapping of the world, entry 451.
Imperfect: mutilated along folds, with some loss of text. Cross collection no. 24., Includes ill. and ancillary maps of north and south polar regions., and Relief shown pictorially.
Includes ill., Library's copy stamped on backing: Yale University Library, Karpinski-Von Wieser Map Collection., Relief shown pictorially., and State 3, 1660, according to McLaughlin (date erased from cartouche and with "2" or "3" in top right). State 2, c. 1666
"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., and Watermark.
Subject (Geographic):
America--Maps--Early works to 1800. and Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800.
"Cum Privilegio D.D. Ordinum Holl. Westfriliegs.", Appears in various editions of Wit's Atlas., Includes note, "America" in ornamental cartouche., Mounted on linen. Sheet measures 50 x 60.5 cm. Cross Collection no. 135., Prime meridian: Ferro., Relief shown pictorially., Shows the Western Hemisphere with national boundaries, cities and rivers; shows California as an island., Text in Latin., and Title from ornamental cartouche.
Publisher:
Ex officina I. Covens et C. Mortier,
Subject (Geographic):
America--Maps--Early works to 1800 and Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
Based on Visscher's map of the same title (McLaughlin 24)., Differs from other variants in showing New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Land of Quiros above title; "Fretum Aniani" and "Terra Esonis" added above California; "Nova Albio, and Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
F. de Wit,
Subject (Geographic):
Western Hemisphere--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679. Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio
Hungariae et regionum, quae ei quondam fuêre unitae
Description:
Covers Balkan Peninsula south of lat. 50⁰N., Includes col. ill. in title cartouche., and Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
Frederici de Wit,
Subject (Geographic):
Balkan Peninsula--Administrative and political divisions--Maps--Early works to 1800, Balkan Peninsula--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Hungary--Maps--Early works to 1800
Regni Poloniae et Ducatus Lithvaniae Voliniae, Podoliae Vcraniae Prvssiae, Livoniae et Cvrlandiae descriptio
Description:
303 1660: Imperfect: lower left corner chipped, with no loss of text. Sheet measures 53.0 x 62.5 cm., Appears in various editions of Wit's Atlas., Bar scale given in "Duytsche Mylen.", Prime meridian: Ferro., Relief shown pictorially., and Variant giving westernmo
Publisher:
[Frederik de Wit,
Subject (Geographic):
Baltic States--Maps--Early works to 1800, Belarus--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Poland--Maps--Early works to 1800
Regni Poloniae et Ducatus Lithvaniae Voliniae, Podoliae Vcraniae Prvssiae, Livoniae et Cvrlandiae descriptio
Description:
Appears in various editio, Bar scale given in "Duytsche Mylen.", Prime meridian: Ferro., Relief shown pictorially., Sheet measures 52.2 x 61.6 cm., Variant giving westernmost longitude at 35 degrees and easternmost longitude at 63 degrees., and Watermark.
Publisher:
[Frederik de Wit,
Subject (Geographic):
Baltic States--Maps--Early works to 1800, Belarus--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Poland--Maps--Early works to 1800
