AMERIKA

Description:

In Hungarian. Title cartouche with seated Native chief next to decorative piece with tropical bird atop (lower left). Engraver's name is missing from this map, 1 of a set of the 4 continents, but the name is as above with the date of 1760 on the map of Europe. California as an island with very broad, indented northern coast, and narrow center. There is a suggestion of a sea passage to its north. Great Lakes are complete. Solomon Sz are represented as large islands at 10 deg. south latitude. Similar to the work of German cartographers of the 1740s and 1750s: Seutter, Monath, and Schreiber. Thomas Suárez. [C: Burckhardt Basilea Sculps].

Creator:

Burckhardt, C. (Christoph), active 18th century

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

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

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More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/vd709pm2638