Accession Number:
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L2018.087.048
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M Number:
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M270
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Short Title:
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Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali ac Regiones Adiacentes, a C. de May usque ad Lineam Aequinoctialem
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Year:
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1682
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Author:
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Nicolaum Vischer
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Object Publisher:
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Nicolaes Visscher
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Place of Publication:
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Amsterdam
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Obj Height cm:
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46
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Object Width cm:
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56
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Scale:
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ca. 1:9,936,000
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Continent:
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North America
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Country:
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United States
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Country:
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Mexico
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Geographic Area:
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West Indies
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Geographic Area:
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Central America
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Decorative Cartouche:
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Color cartouche with cherubs holding up cloth that shows title.
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Language:
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Latin
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Cited References:
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Phillips, entry 506; Lowery 179; Portinaro 82.
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Geographical Description:
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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
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Cartobibliographic notes:
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Longitude measured east from prime meridian of Ferro.
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Subject Information:
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Southern States
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Subject Information:
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West Indies
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Subject Information:
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Central America
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OCLC:
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52514781
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