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Nova totius Terrarum orbis tabula

Description:

per I. Danckerts, cum privil.

California shown as an island with an indented northern coast and few coastal place names. Includes incomplete coastlines for Australia and New Zealand. No trace of Antartic. Great lakes are shown with open ends to the west.

Includes 2 polar projections and 4 large allegorical scenes representing the four elements.

Title cartouche depicting an Ouroboros with leaves on eastern hemisphere.

Based on De Wit's world map of 1668.

Unclear whether this map can be attributed to Justus Danckerts senior or his son.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/nf553mf3267

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/nf553mf3267

Language:

lat

Creator:

Danckerts, Justus, 1635-1701

Publisher:

I. Danckerts

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

World maps

Date Issued:

[ca. 1685]

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:

false