MAR DEL ZVR Hispanis MARE PACIFICUM

Description:

With addition of Staten Land, Ant van Diemens Land, and northern coastline of Hollandia Nova added in the Pacific. LC 465 and 502 (State 2); Wagner 359; Tooley 10 (Plate 30); Leighly 18 (Plate VI); Koeman II, Me164(10); UCB; Burden 292 (Plate 292); Clancy (Map 6.16). Map of the Pacific with California as an island of Briggs type, with nearly flat northern coast, and with many place names. Mare Vermio to its east. A large area called Terra Incognita is separated from California by Fretum Anian. Island chain with descriptive text runs northwest from tip of South America to Tropicus Capricorni. Text concerning California appear near title cartouche (upper right), which is surrounded by Asian figures and cherubs. Cartouche (lower left) gives scale in "Millaria Germanica Communia" and is surrounded by cherubs with surveying instruments.

Creator:

Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

America--Maps, California as an island--Maps, and Pacific Ocean--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.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/pk395rj1563