Nova Tabula AMERICÆ

Description:

Engraved by: Joann Bapt. Homann sculpsit. (lower right)." see Leighly (Plate XII). Within title cartouche(upper left): "Sic dictæ ab Americo Vesputio Florentino, qui emanuelis Portugalliæ Regis auspicÿs eam Anno 1497. (detectis priùs A 1492 à Christophoro Columbo Hispanio lá, Cubâ, et Iamaicá Insulis) primus ex Europæis, quantum qui dem constat, ingreßus erat. California as a very large island on the second Sanson model, with Terra Esonis and Fretum Aniani to the northwest. Based on Visscher and deWit maps of 1670 and Danckerts map of 1690. Vignette (lower left) shows a bound native being struck with a spear and others around a ceremonial fire. recens illustrata per Iacobum de Sandrart.

Creator:

Sandrart, Jakob von, 1630-1708

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

America--Maps and California as an island--Maps

Theme:

Imagery

Rights:

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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