Subject: Western Hemisphere - America
Period: 1684 (published)
Publication: Beschreibung des Gantzen Welt-Kreisses
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4.1 x 5.6 inches
10.4 x 14.2 cm
This is the second state of this charming miniature map drawn in a hemispheric projection, with the various seas named on the map. California is depicted as an island on the Briggs model, with a flat northern coast. Part of the coasts of New Guinea and New Zealand are depicted but not named, and the named Solomon Islands dominate the Pacific. A minutely engraved galleon decorates the map. Titled above in German: Das Neue Veste Land Nebst Vielen Inseln with Fig. 86.
References: Burden #559; McLaughlin #85-1; Pastoureau, MANESSON-MALLET I B.
Condition: A
There is some light printer's ink residue and faint toning in the blank margins.