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Nova Europae Descriptio / Auctore N. Visscher

Description: "Europa limites habet ab Occidente Oceanum: ab Oriente Mare Aegau. Pontum Euxinum, Meotidem Paludem & fluvium Tanian, ma quo recta linea ad Sinum Granvicum ducta, ab Asia se paratur; a Septentrione Mare Hyperboreum a Meridie vero Mare Mediterraneum." Uncolored as originally issued with towns and figures in the surround. Vignettes: Ten cities. Eight costumed figures. Six monarch portraits. MS note on verso: "175"; "280369"; "156"; "2.50". Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Conic. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1645
Call number: 280369
Creator: Visscher, Claes Jansz (1586 or 1587-1652)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 44 x 57 cm
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