California as an island with flat northern coast. C. Mendocino is northernmost point. Straet Anian and Anian are far to the north. Zelandia Nova to far southwest. Title cartouche (upper left) with cherubs in clouds. Embellished with vignettes of ships in battle (in the Atlantic), Atlas, mermaids and explorers (in the Pacific), and other mythological land and sea figures (lower left). Dedication, with crest: "Amplissmo Spectatiasmo Prudentissimo Dno Dno Iacobo Boreel. Cos: et Senatori, Reipublicæ Amstelodamensium. Nuper Fæd: Belgii ad Czaream Moscoviæ Majtem Regemcy. Galliæ Legato Extraordo. D.D.D. G.van Keulen" (lower right). On verso, 2 portrait sketches. Excud: G. van Keulen. None found.
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