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AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALIS divisa in suas principales partes ET STATUS seu Dominatus Regis GALLIÆ, CASTILLÆ, ANGLIÆ, SUECIÆ DANIÆ et BATAVORUM P.D. Sanson Geographum Regis Galliæ ordinarium

Description:

California as very large island on second Sanson model, with Terra de Iesso vel Ieço and Mare de Iesso to northwest.

Based on Sanson-Jaillot map of 1674 entitled "AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE diviseé en ses principales parties ou sont distingués les vns des autres LES ESTATS suivant...", but all text is now in Latin. An English edition was issued in 1680 by William Berry.

Multiple scales given within cartouche (lower left).

Added title at map top: "AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALIS DIVISA INSUAS PRINCIPALES PARTES TERRAM NEMPE ARTICAM, CANADAM SEU NOVAM FRANCIAM, MEXICO SEU NOVAM HISPANIAM; NOVAM MEXICO, INSULAS DE TERRA NOVA DE CALIFORNIA ET ANTILLAS UT EN IN DOMINATUS REGIS GALLIÆ, CASTILLÆ, ANGLIÆ, SUECIÆ, DANIÆ ET BATAVORUM. Per S. Sanson Geographum REGIS GALLIÆ Ordinarium."

Separately published.

IOHANN HOFFMANN, Excudit.

Engraved by: J.J Vogel. Scul. (lower left).

see Wagner 409b; Wheat 58; see Tooley 37 (Plate 44) & 38; Leighly 64.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wk428tr8961

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wk428tr8961 and 57

Creator:

Hofmann, Johann Jacob, ǂd 17th/18th cent.

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

California as an island--Maps and North America--Maps

Theme:

Imagery

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