Subject: Western Hemisphere
Period: 1684 (published)
Publication: Beschreibung des ganzen welt-kreisses…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4 x 5.5 inches
10.2 x 14 cm
Second state of this charming miniature map in a hemispheric projection. California is depicted as an island on the Briggs model, with a flat northern coast. The Solomon Islands dominate the Pacific, and part of the New Zealand coast is shown but not named. Three minutely engraved galleons decorate the map. Titled above in German, Das Neue vestelant. Nebst vielen Inselen - fig. 79.
References: Burden (II) #558; McLaughlin #84-1.
Condition: A
Nice impression on a strong sheet with a little printer's ink smudge.