Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula
- Description:
- auctore Nicolao Visscher; N.P. Berchem invent; J. de Visscher sculpsit. Relief shown pictorially. California shown as a labeled island with a flat northern coast and some coastal place names. Nova Albion labeled at top. Stippling used for first time in general map to show desert in China. Hemispheres surrounded by vignettes of mythological figures referencing the elements, with polus articus at top center and polus antarcticus at bottom center. "N.P. Berchem invent." at bottom left and "J. de Visscher sculpsit." at bottom right. Issued in J. Jansson's Novus Atlas... .
- Creator:
- Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679, Visscher, Jan de, 1633-approximately 1692, and Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683
- Publisher:
- N. Visscher
- Provider:
- Stanford
- Resource Class:
- Maps
- Subject:
- World maps
- Date Issued:
- 1658
- 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/rr828rs0274