Le globe terrestre

Description:

Par P. DvVal Geographe du Roy. Relief shown pictorially. California shown as an island with indented northern coastline, labeled I. Californie, and with no place names. D. d'Anien to its north. Great Lakes are open-ended. Designed for a terrestrial globe 16 cm. in diameter, 44 cm. in equatorial circumference. Culotte drawn as 2 circles, one is equatorial, with signs of zodiac, months, longitude markings, and compass directions; the other is meridianal, with Climats and Degrez d'Elevation du Poles. Decorative title cartouche of leaves and flowers (below Africa). Gores are geographically identical to his 1666 map entitled: Planisphere, ou Carte Generale du Monde. Unidentified watermark on both northern and southern hemisphere.

Creator:

Duval, P. (Pierre), 1619-1682

Publisher:

chez l’auteur pres le palais auec privilege pour 20 Ans

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Globes

Subject:

Globes and World maps

Date Issued:

1666

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/xh940nq3052