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TOTIUS ORBIS TERRARUM TABULA, EJUSQUE POST DILUVIUM DIVISIO INTER FILIOS NOACHI

Description:

Pag. 10. (upper right)

With Genese Chap. X. (upper right). Issued in: Bijbel / van Isaäc van der Putte, 1715.

Shirley 458; Poortman (Plate 165); UCB.

Per J. Moxon, Hydrographum. Regium in magna Britannia.

Issued in: Vetus Testamentum ... Franequeræ : Excudit Franciscus Halma, 1709.

World map showing California as an island with a relatively flat northern coast and no place names. Eden is placed on the map below the Caspian Sea, and includes a small drawing of Adam and Eve. Title cartouche is surrounded by rain clouds, drowned people and animals, and an inset drawing of Noah’s Ark. At bottom center is a large stone wall engraved with the key to the numbers on the map: Europa, 1-27; Asia, 28-30; Africa, 31-39; and America, 40-50. Virginia is number 41. Typically bound into the front of Dutch bibles with four other maps of the Holy Lands.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/jr351wb1212

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/jr351wb1212

Creator:

Moxon, James, fl. 1647-1651

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

World, Maps, and California as an island

Date Issued:

1715

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:

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