PLATTE KAART van de geheele WERELT

Description:

California with two northern bays and numerous place names. Shirley 622 (Plate 427). by R: en G: Wetstein. The Great Lakes are complete. To the west of the Great Lakes is the Moingona River which begins in the northwest with two large lakes. The routes of many explorers are traced including Hudson, Halley, Magellan, and Dampier. Four inset maps at top include north and south pole projections, and the western and eastern hemispheres. The north polar projection and western hemisphere maps show California as an island. Title cartouche at top center with two angels. Engraved by J. Keyser, Sculpcit. (lower right). Small text at upper right outside border, unreadable on copy seen. Map a derivative of Mortier’s map dated 1700 (Entry 1000).

Creator:

Wetstein, Rudolf, fl. 1701-1736 and Wetstein, Gerard, 1680-1755

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

California as an island--Maps and World 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:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wq856sb0042