Does not show Staten Land, Ant van Diemens Land, or northern coastline of Hollandia Nova in the Pacific. 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). Issued in: Grand Atlas, (French edition)/ Johannes Jansson. -- Amsterdam, 1650. Reissued 1652, 1657, 1668, and later.Issued in: Atlantis majoris qvinta pars, orbem maritium sev omnium marium totius orbis terrarium navigationibus... [Map] 99 / Ioannem Ianssonium, 1657. 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.
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