Rare Books
America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde - both people and manner of buildings Discribed and inlarged by I. S. Ano. 1626
- Description
- Kashnor notes, "A later issue of this map locating Boston, New Plymouth, Connecticut and Maryland. A good map is given of the Coast of California north to Cape Blanco, and it locates Port Sir Francis Drake." McLaughlin identifies this as a third state map, printed in 1676. Cartouche: Winged decorative. Submap: The Northernly part of America. Vignettes: [top] City views - Havana, S. Domingo, Cartegena, Mexico, Cusco, Il. of Moca in Chili, R. Janerio, Olinda. Figures: [left side] Groenlandian, Virginian, K. of Florida, Wo[man] of Mexico, K. of neiue England. [right side] Peruviane, Brasiliane, Brasiliane fem[a]le, A Mochan, Magellanican. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Azimuthal. Watermark: Device lettering. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: McLaughlin 3; LC 442 & 448; Wagner 301b; Wheat 39.. Verso Text: The Description of America, pages 9, 10.
- Date
- 1676
- Call number
- 3336