Subject: North Pole
Period: 1700 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Novus
Color: Hand Color
Size:
7.2 x 9.2 inches
18.3 x 23.4 cm
This unusual little map presents the world on a north polar projection. California is shown as an island and there is a suggestion of a land bridge connecting North America (Anian) with Asia (Terra Iedso). There is a distorted portion of Australia noted as Nova Hollandia. It also includes an enlarged map of Greenland and Iceland, along with a diagram at top. Heinrich Scherer, professor of mathematics at Munich, was a devout Jesuit whose work emphasizes the Catholic hierarchy and the spread of Jesuit missions throughout the world.
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Condition: A
Margin extended at left to better accommodate framing.
