With ghosting of the remnants of a Terra Australis. ¶ Issued in: Het Nieue Testament ofte alle boeken ... / Gedruckt by Theunis Jacobsz ende Ian Fredericksz Stam. -- Amstelredman, [1643] written in old Roman numerals. (Note: The Holy Land maps included are dated 1648 or signed by Cornelis Danckerts.) With no ghosting. ¶ Issued in: The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testament / Printed for Stephen Swart, Bookseller near the Exchange. -- Amsterdam, MDCLXXII (1672). (Note: The Holy Land maps are dated 1648 and signed by Jacob Savry.) Shirley 458(A); Tooley/Mapmakers, p. 560; Clancy BXIV, 83. [Cornelis Danckerts]. California shown with a slightly indented north coast. C. Mendocino labeled as farthest point north with Po Sir Francisco Draco immediately beneath. Double hemispheres surrounded by classical scenes including the rape of Persephone, Zeus in his eagle-drawn chariot, Demeter with the earth’s bounty, and Poseidon pulled by horses across the sea. Two smaller astronomical diagrams are placed between the hemispheres, labeled Polus Arcticus and Polus Antarcticus.
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