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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.
- Date
- 1645
- Call number
- 280369
- Dimensions
- 44 x 57 cm
