DE WERELT CAART

Description:

Assignation at bottom left states: tot Amsterdam Nieuwelÿks uÿt Gegeven door Cornelis Dankerts voor aen op de Nieuwendÿck in den Atlas met Previlegie. With imprint changed to: tot Amsterdam By R. & J. Wetstein en William Smith en te Leiden By Samuel Luchtmans. Biblical text on verso in Dutch. With no imprint at bottom left. Shirley 615 and addenda; Tooley/Mapmakers, p. 587. By R. & J. Wetstein en William Smith en te Leiden By Samuel Luchtmans California as an island with an indented northern coast. N. Albion and Pt. d Fr. Draco at north end. A large area called Terra Esonis lies to the northwest separated from California by Straat Anian. The maps are encircled by a diagram of an eclipse, astronomical drawings and explanations, and two polar projections, the northern one showing California as an island. Issued as a separate publication or a Dutch bible.

Creator:

Danckerts, Cornelis, 1664-1717, Wetstein, Rudolf, fl. 1701-1736, Wetstein, Jacobus, fl. 1727-1777, Luchtmans, Samuel, 1685-1757, and Smith, William, fl. 1726-1742

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

World maps

Subject:

California as an island--Maps and World 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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License:

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Access Rights:

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