Allegorical vignettes of the four seasons., Double hemisphere, with smaller polar insets., Relief shown pictorially., Shows California as an island., and State 2, in which cherubs were placed in the cusps and a border added; see Rodney Shirley, Mapping of the world, entry 451.
"J. de Vissscher sculpsit"., Decorations by N.P. Berchem., First appeared in Jan Jansson's 1658 ''Novus Atlas''., Imperfect: southern hemisphere mutilated along fold, with some loss of text. Contemporary ms. notes in margin. Rebacked on linen. Label on verso with manuscript number "588/60." Cross collection no. 19., Shows California as an island., and Two hemispheres surrounded by mythological figures, with polus articus at top center and polus antarcticus at bottom center.
Publisher:
[Jan Jansson],
Subject (Name):
Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683., Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664. Novus Atlas., and Visscher, Jan de, 1633-approximately 1692.
Lowitz, G. M. (George Moritz), 1722-1774, cartographer.
Call Number:
11 1746A
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Alternative Title:
Mappe-monde qui représente les deux hemisphères savoir celui de l'orient et celui de l'occident, tirée des quatre cartes générales de feu M. le profess. Hasius and Planiglobii terrestris mappa vniversalis
Description:
Includes color illustrations, 4 ancillary maps showing poles, and 2 diagrams., Map colored to show distribution of religions., Mounted on linen. Sheet measures 49 x 61 cm. Cross collection no. 39., Relief shown pictorially., Title in Latin and French., and Variant with privilege statement "Cum Priv. S. Caes .Maj." in Latin cartouche and "Avec Priv. de S. Maj. Imper." in French cartouche, Fig. I, Fig. III, and Fig. IV. centered in the French cartouche, and with a detailed outline of Alaska and the Aleutian Archipelago.
Subject (Name):
Hase, Johann Matthias, 1684-1742. and Homann Erben (Firm), publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Religion--Maps--Early works to 1800. and World maps--Early works to 1800.
Cross collection no. 81., Hand colored., Includes inset map of Southeast Alaska: "New Norfolk.", Prime meridien: Greenwich., Relief shown by hachures and 1 spot height., and This map from "The royal illustrated atlas of modern geography."
Publisher:
A. Fullarton & Co.,
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Maps--19th century., Arctic regions--Maps--19th century., Asiatic Russia--Maps--19th century., China--Maps--19th century., East Asia--Maps--19th century., and Russia--Maps--19th century.
From Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum., Illustrations of clouds in the four corners., Imperfect: wormed, with some loss of text. Cross collection no. 11. Label on verso with manuscript number "111/1.", and Latin text on verso, with caption title "America, sive novvs orbis 2," catchword "More," and signature A2.
Publisher:
[Abraham Ortelius],
Subject (Name):
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Theatrum orbis terrarum.
"Quid ei potest videri magnum in rebus humanis, cui aeternitas omnis, totiusque mundi nota sit magnitudo. Cicero"., Cross collection no. 7. Label on verso with manuscript number "101/58.", From Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum., German text on verso, with caption title "Die gantsche Welt" and signature l., and Relief shown pictorially.
Publisher:
[Abraham Ortelius],
Subject (Name):
Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590, engraver. and Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Theatrum orbis terrarum.
