Novissima et Accuratissima TOTIUS AMERICÆ DESCRIPTIO - UC Berkeley GeoData
- Description:
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Copperplate engraved. Wheat 57; Tooley 36 (Plate 43); Leighly 62. California as an island with nearly flat northern coast, much like Goos type. Straet Anian and Anian to far north. Partial coastline of Zelandia Nova to far southwest. Cartography based on Visscher map of 1670. And is very similar to Ogilby's and Schagen's 1671 maps of this same title. Title cartouche (lower left)differs, with seated native "America"overlooking others displaying gifts. An elaborate vignette of Neptune and sea creatures at upper left. From: Die unbekante neue welt oder beschreibung des welt-teils Amerika... / Montanus, A. -- Amsterdam : [s.n., 1673]. per JACOBUM MEURSIUM [Meursius].
- Creator:
- Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680
- Provider:
- Stanford
- Resource Class:
- Maps
- Subject:
- America--Maps and California as an island--Maps
- Theme:
- Imagery
- 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:
- false
- More details at:
- https://purl.stanford.edu/vs892ht8058