![]() California is correctly depicted an as a peninsula. There is some confusion about the coastline of Northeast America, maybe due to Indianb reports on large bodies of water inland. ![]() 1492 by Christopher Colombus in the name of the king of Castille and given the name by Amerigo Vespucci in 1499’. The centre of North America is taken up by a large oval cartouche containing a Latin text, here in translation: ‘America. Because of the smaller size of the folio map, fewer toponyms are given and the number of legends has also been reduced. The geographic content is identical to that of the 1606/07 wall map. The fourth state was included in Blaeu’s 1630 Appendix and in all of the Blaeu family’s atlases, except the Atlas maior. The third state is with the Strait of Le Maire added (1618) and this fourth state is with the name of the publisher changed to ‘Blaeuw’. The second state has the signature of the engraver Josua Van den Ende. The first state (1606) bears the name Gulielmus Ianssonius. It is probable that Van den Ende engraved only the geographic content, while someone else was responsible for the decoration. The original 1606 state does not mention an engraver, but from the second state onward the name of Josua van den Ende appears on the map. Iansonius 1606 = the old name of Willem Blaeu). Blaeuw (in the first state, it was signed Gul. The map’s dedication to the wealthy Amsterdam merchant and administrator Cornelis Pietersz Hooft (1547-1626) is now signed: Guilj. Because of the projection chosen, the areas north and south of the 50th degree of latitude are drawn in two hemispheres in the lower corners. The title in capitals runs along the upper edge within the map image. ![]() Eventually Joan Blaeu, in his Atlas Maior (1662-64), replaced the world map made by his father with a new map. Apparently, purchasers preferred a decorative map of the world to a map that provided up-to-date geographical knowledge. For many years, this map remained in atlases published by the Blaeu family, in spite of the increasing geographical knowledge then available (only the discovery of the Strait of Le Maire was added to later states). While Blaeu was in the process of publishing his four-sheet wall map of the world on Mercator’s projection, a world map in folio size using the same projection was issued by his publishing house. The Atlas Minor is a fine and comprehensive composite atlas, and one of a series of large atlases compiled and sold by the Visscher family of art dealers and cartographers in the 17th century.Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Success of a map Majority of the maps are published by Visscher with additional maps by several other mapmakers. Visscher, by adding the city of Philadelphia and the name of the state Pennsylvania. About 1690 Visscher retouched the old plate of N.J. His true innovation lies in his rendering of the New World, where he added small variations to the still widely unknown North American coastlines. ![]() This work is known for the high quality of engraving, exceptionally fine ornament, and accurate geographical information. Visscher is well-known for the depth of accuracy within his maps, and for embellishing the maps' beauty further with small detailing. Consists of 127 engraved maps, hand-colored in outline and full, with elegant title cartouche. With Engraved allegorical title page, on sheet 51x31, printed in full color, followed by letterpress half title page. Seventeenth century atlas of the World by Nicholas Visscher. The error of the date of 1592 for the discovery of America by Columbas indicates that this is a very early state of the map, perhaps the first. Also showing cities and towns, vignettes of ships and sea monsters, rivers, lakes and mountains. ![]() Decorative cartouche in the upper left tells of the discovery of America by Columbus. The Straits of le Maire and Magellan, with the massive Magellanica Sive Terra Australis Incognita, California Coastline appears, heading north toward the Straits of Annian. Tierra del Fuego is shown as a distinct landmass. River extending to a small lake in the middle of North America. Map showing discoveries around the Hudson Bay and the course of the St. surrounding the map include twelve Roman emperors at the top and bottom, with six groups of national figures and eight vignettes of principal cities at the sides, in the corners are female allegorical representations of the continents: Europa, Asia, America and Africa. Hand colored in outline map of the world on Mercator's projection. ![]()
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