Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-xvi) and indexes. LC 3447, 4280; BN Manesson-Mallet I A(76) & I B; Shirley 518. Top map of world depicted as globe with Africa incorrectly labeled Asie. Middle two globes show the earth split in two with center exposed. Hemisphere B shows California as an island with a rounded northern coast. Bottom map of 2 joined hemispheres; left of America, right of Eastern Hemisphere. California is shown as an island with a rounded north coast At page top, above map: DU GLOBE TERRESTRE. [Page] 209[,] FIGURE LXXIV. [Page] 209 (map top right), Tome I (bottom left, below border), O (bottom right, below border). . Issued in his: Description de L’Univers. Tome I. – Paris, 1683 Issued in his German edition: Beschreibung des ganzen Welt-Kreisses …, I, Franckfurt, 1684. At page top, above map: Die Erdkigel. Fig 74. With French title inside border and German title outside border. Issued in his Description de L’Univers … Chez Jean David Zunner…Francfurt, 1685. Issued in his German edition: Beschreibung des gantzen weltkreises…, J. A. Jung … Franckfurt am Mayn, 1719. Glen McLaughlin with Nancy H. Mayo.