California shown being nearly equal in width for the majority of the island. Labeled as I. California. Great Lakes shown as one giant lake. The North American continent continues across the top of the island of California and off the western side of the hemisphere. UCB. Two solar charts sit between the hemispheres showing the Tychonium and Copernicum solar systems. The four corner drawings depict the four elements: fire, air, land and water. “G.P. Busch Sculp: a Berlin. 1733.” (center bottom, below border). “TAB. I.” (right top, above border). Issued in: Anleitung zu den fürnehmsten historischen Wissenschaften ... / M. Benjamin Hederichs. -- Berlin : Bey Christoph Gottlieb Nicolai, 1733. Book contains chapters on geography (with one world and five continental maps), geneology, heraldry, and a history of the world. "Pag. 4." (center top, above border). [M. Benjamin Hederich].
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