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Atlas minor sive Totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea[ta] ex conatibus Nico[laas] Visscher Amst: Bat: Ger: de Lairesse delin: & sculp

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Publication date: [1719?]
Call number: 32675
Creator: Visscher, Nicolaes (1649-1702)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Chicago Historical Society, no. 1, March 1922. Newspaper clipping relating to Jacques Marquette mounted on back pastedown.
Dimensions: 56 cm (folio)
Associated people: Lairesse, Gérard de, (1640-1711,); Wit, Frederik de, (1629 or 1630-1706,); Blaeu, Joan, (1650-1712,); Allard, Carel, (1648-approximately 1709,); Jansson, Jan, (1588-1664,); Blaeu, Willem, (1635-1701,); Blaeu, Cornelis, (1610-1648,); Ortelius, Abraham, (1527-1598,)
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Kashnor notes, "On the North-West coast it shows the supposed Strait of Anain. California is represented as an island, and it locates Capes Mendocino on Forturas, and New Albion." McLaughlin dates as 1670 and places in Amsterdam, and appeared in information. RLIN record dates as 1680? Burden suggests a date of ca. 1658. See also 105:285 for another copy. Cartouche with Indians. Dedication to Cornelis Witsen, father of the more famous Nicolaas Witsen. Dedication surrounded by angels. MS note: 60 (upper left). Prime meridian: Tenerife. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McLaughlin 48; Phillips 507,508,3078; Wagner 378; Tooley 29 (Plate 41); Leighly 33 and 56 (Plate XI). Verso Text: MS note: Cat 93 209.
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