Probably issued in his: Atlas historique, ou nouvelle introduction a l'histoire , à la chronologie & à la géographie ancienne & moderne ... -- Amsterdam. 1705. [Henry Abraham Châtelain]. California as large rounded island, with “Zone Temperee” labelled to its north. The coastline of the mainland continues to California’s northwest, but is blank directly north, suggesting a northwest passage. “N [reversed]º.I” (top right) Title across page top: PREMIERE CARTE POUR L’INTRODUCTION A L’HISTOIRE DU MONDE, OU L’ON REMARQUE LA SPHERE, LE GLOBE CELESTE, ET LES DIFFERENS SISTEMES DU MONDE. Title of center section of maps (or of top inset map): GLOBE CELESTE. Additional maps on sheet: Globe Celeste (2 spheres), Sphere Aftificielle, Sisteme de Ptolemée, Sisteme de Copernic, Sisteme de Ticho Brahé, and Soleil. Text to left and right of illustrations discusses zodiac signs, and the ideas of Ptolemée, Tacho Brahé, and Copernic. Faupel’s Catalogue 109 (5).
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