Pag. 10. (upper right) With Genese Chap. X. (upper right). Issued in: Bijbel / van Isaäc van der Putte, 1715. Shirley 458; Poortman (Plate 165); UCB. Per J. Moxon, Hydrographum. Regium in magna Britannia. Issued in: Vetus Testamentum ... Franequeræ : Excudit Franciscus Halma, 1709. World map showing California as an island with a relatively flat northern coast and no place names. Eden is placed on the map below the Caspian Sea, and includes a small drawing of Adam and Eve. Title cartouche is surrounded by rain clouds, drowned people and animals, and an inset drawing of Noah’s Ark. At bottom center is a large stone wall engraved with the key to the numbers on the map: Europa, 1-27; Asia, 28-30; Africa, 31-39; and America, 40-50. Virginia is number 41. Typically bound into the front of Dutch bibles with four other maps of the Holy Lands.
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