This is a well-engraved double hemisphere world map from a Dutch Bible. It is based on Visscher's Bible map of 1663 and surrounded by nearly identical engravings, including numerous exotic animals and four female allegorical representations of the continents. At the top and bottom are two diagrams depicting the Copernican and Ptolemaic theories of the solar system. California is depicted as an island with a flat northern coast. Australia includes the western and northern coasts and the discoveries of Van Diemen. There are numerous Pacific islands as well as much of the western coastline of New Zealand. Dutch text on verso.

References: Shirley #498; Poortman & Augusteijn #130 (GII-1).

Condition: A

A good impression. The sheet has paper professionally added to the lower right corner, and a couple of short marginal tears have also been repaired with tissue.