Bottom right: Tom.II. P. 6. Jonathan Potter's selection of fine, decorative and rare old maps, the World and North America, Autumn 1985, Item #49; Shirley 584 (Plate 403). California as an island with flat northern coast. C. Mendocino is its northernmost point. Anian and Straet Anian to far north. Includes Iapan, Compagnis landt, Iedso, and Zeelandia Nova. Great Lakes are as one large lake open-ended to west, similar to Visscher's map of 1670. Border includes zodiac figures and cherubs. Includes figures representing Spring (bottom left) and Autumn (bottom right). Issued in his: Mundus Mirabili, Nuremberg, 1696. Published with accompanying map entitled FACIES ALTERA HEMISPHAERII TERRESTRIS, of Eastern Hemisphere. [Johannes Zahn].
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