Neuer ATLAS Uber die Gantze Welt

Description:

California shown as large island on map of polar projection (bottom center). On banner above map: Nulla dies abeat, quin linea ducta supersit. Another example observed with Johannes Georgio Eberspergerg fecit (below map). Probably cut from a title page of this atlas series. Also issued without banner and with minor changes as center of clock on sheet with text (see Entry 208) Tooley/Mapmakers (Plate, p.309), Tooley/107 (Plate 51). Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-xvi) and indexes. 1714, with changed title, author spelling and imprint: Neuer ATLAS Uber die Gantze Welt. / von Johann Baptist Homann. – Nuernberg : In Berlegung des Auctoris. Getrudt bey Johann Ernst Udelbulner. Mentions astronomers Nicolai Copernici and Tychonis de Brahe. Atlas contents: 1. Mathematice, 2. Physice, 3. Historice. von Johann Baptist Homann. Glen McLaughlin with Nancy H. Mayo.

Creator:

Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724

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Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

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Image from the Glen McLaughlin Map Collection of California as an Island courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

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