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Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
Title
Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula [cartographic material] / autore N.I. Piscator ; C.J. Visscher excudebat 1652.
Published
[Amsterdam] : C.J. Visscher, 1652.
Physical Description
1 map ; 29 x 43 cm, on sheet 45 x 55 cm
Cartographic Detail
Scale ca. 1:100,000,000.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy is map 2 in part 1 of a composite atlas issued by Nicolaes Visscher with title: Atlas minor, sive, Geographia compendiosa, ca. 1716 (Folio C 2015 1).
Notes
Includes ornate border panels of engraved figures of Roman emperors, views of Rome, Amsterdam, Jerusalem, Tunis, Mexico, Havana, Pernambuco in Brazil, and San Salvador.
Map of the world showing the allegorical figures of the four continents, and north and south polar views. Marco Polo's 'Beach' still shown as part of Magallanica sive Terra Australis Incognita. Relief shown pictorally.
Nicolaus Johannes or Joannis Piscator was Visscher's latinised name.
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
Latin
Added to Catalog
September 17, 2014
Partial contents
Insets: America septentri onalis
Magallanica, Terra Australia incognita.
References
Shirley 350
Subjects
Genre/Form
World maps - 1652.
Engravings - Hand-colored - 1652.
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