COLLECTION NAME:
Touchton Map Library
mediaCollectionId
TBHC~3~3
Touchton Map Library
Collection
true
Accession Number:
L2018.087.048
accession_number
L2018.087.048
Accession Number
false
M Number:
M270
m_number
M270
M Number
false
Short Title:
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali ac Regiones Adiacentes, a C. de May usque ad Lineam Aequinoctialem
short_title
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali ac Regiones Adiacentes, a C. de May usque ad Lineam Aequinoctialem
Short Title
false
Year:
1682
year
1682
Year
false
Author:
Nicolaum Vischer
author
Nicolaum Vischer
Author
false
Object Publisher:
Nicolaes Visscher
object_publisher
Nicolaes Visscher
Object Publisher
false
Place of Publication:
Amsterdam
place_of_publication
Amsterdam
Place of Publication
false
Obj Height cm:
46
obj_height_cm
46
Obj Height cm
false
Object Width cm:
56
object_width_cm
56
Object Width cm
false
Scale:
ca. 1:9,936,000
scale
ca. 1:9,936,000
Scale
false
Continent:
North America
continent
North America
Continent
false
Country:
United States
country
United States
Country
false
Country:
Mexico
country
Mexico
Country
false
Geographic Area:
West Indies
geographic_area
West Indies
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Central America
geographic_area
Central America
Geographic Area
false
Decorative Cartouche:
Color cartouche with cherubs holding up cloth that shows title.
decorative_cartouche
Color cartouche with cherubs holding up cloth that shows title.
Decorative Cartouche
false
Language:
Latin
language
Latin
Language
false
Cited References:
Phillips, entry 506; Lowery 179; Portinaro 82.
cited_references
Phillips, entry 506; Lowery 179; Portinaro 82.
Cited References
false
Geographical Description:
Nicholas Visscher's map of the Caribbean, Florida, Southern US, Central America, and part of South America.
A number of cartographic myths appear on the map, including the large lake which appears in Georgia, a non-existent mountain range extending from the Piedmonts right across the continent, and the archetypal cartographic myth, El Dorado located on Lacus Parime in Guyana. Interesting early treatment of the Mississippi River Valley, which is far to the west of its proper course and shows little of the French Jesuit information which was to be reported in the following decades.
Excellent detail in the Caribbean. Includes 2 decorative cartouches, and sailing ships.
There are 4 states of the map:
1680 ca: lacking privilege
1682 ca: "Cum Privelegio Ordinum Hollandiae et Westfrisiae"
1708 ca: Gridlines added
1720 ca: Peter Schenk Junior added, cartouches retouched
A number of cartographic myths appear on the map, including the large lake which appears in Georgia, a non-existent mountain range extending from the Piedmonts right across the continent, and the archetypal cartographic myth, El Dorado located on Lacus Parime in Guyana. Interesting early treatment of the Mississippi River Valley, which is far to the west of its proper course and shows little of the French Jesuit information which was to be reported in the following decades.
Excellent detail in the Caribbean. Includes 2 decorative cartouches, and sailing ships.
There are 4 states of the map:
1680 ca: lacking privilege
1682 ca: "Cum Privelegio Ordinum Hollandiae et Westfrisiae"
1708 ca: Gridlines added
1720 ca: Peter Schenk Junior added, cartouches retouched
geographical_description
Nicholas Visscher's map of the Caribbean, Florida, Southern US, Central America, and part of South America.
A number of cartographic myths appear on the map, including the large lake which appears in Georgia, a non-existent mountain range extending from the Piedmonts right across the continent, and the archetypal cartographic myth, El Dorado located on Lacus Parime in Guyana. Interesting early treatment of the Mississippi River Valley, which is far to the west of its proper course and shows little of the French Jesuit information which was to be reported in the following decades.
Excellent detail in the Caribbean. Includes 2 decorative cartouches, and sailing ships.
There are 4 states of the map:
1680 ca: lacking privilege
1682 ca: "Cum Privelegio Ordinum Hollandiae et Westfrisiae"
1708 ca: Gridlines added
1720 ca: Peter Schenk Junior added, cartouches retouched
Geographical Description
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
Longitude measured east from prime meridian of Ferro.
cartobibliographic_notes
Longitude measured east from prime meridian of Ferro.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
Subject Information:
Southern States
subject_information
Southern States
Subject Information
false
Subject Information:
West Indies
subject_information
West Indies
Subject Information
false
Subject Information:
Central America
subject_information
Central America
Subject Information
false
OCLC:
52514781
oclc
52514781
OCLC
false