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Regni Daniae Accuratissima delineatio

Description: Possibly a later copy of the map of Denmark which appeared in the first section of Jensson's Novus Atlas (Huntington Accession no. 131945) from 1647. Varies only in the cartouche in the lower right corner, which ascribes the map to De Wit and is in Dutch, and in not being colored MS note: 1550? Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1659
Call number: 280382
Creator: Wit, Frederik de (1629 or 1630-1706)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 45 x 55 cm
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Asiae : nova delineatio / auctore N. Visscher

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Kashnor notes, "Dedicated, with emblazoned coat of arms, to D. Hendricus Spiegel, urbis Amstelaedamonia Consuli et senatori. Includes Manila and the Philippines." Cartouche: Sea nymphs and female forms. Coat of arms with dedication (upper left). Map appears in the 1647-1662 German edition of Novus Atlas absolutissimus (RB 139329 v. 6). Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS note: 738.

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Duche de Bretaigne / Designé par le Sieur Hardy Mareschal des logis du Roy ; Avec Privilege de la Maieste

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Something has been erased on the original plate below Amstelodami, etc. Is an uncolored version of the map of Brittany which appears in Jansson's Novus Atlas (Huntington Accession no. 131945) from 1647. Erasure is not visible in atlas version of the map. Ms note: 15. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: PV. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

280381

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Provincia Connachtiae : The Province of Connaught

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Map is the same (with variations in the cartouche and scale location) as the map of Connacht in Jan Jansson's "Novus Atlas" of 1647-1649. Western side of Ireland from Shannon to Donegal. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: Ms note: S5.

280380

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Virginia Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali Britannorum industria excultae repraesentatae / a Joh. Bapt. Homann S.C.M. Geog. Norimbergae Cum Privilegio Sac. Caes. Majest

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Kashnor notes: "A curious map in which is included East and West Jersey." Kashnor dates as ca. 1750. Cumming notes that the map was first published in 1714 in Homann's Novus atlas. Cartouche: Traders and Indians. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: German miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Crowned device over AV. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Cummins 156. Verso Text: MS note: 444.

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Nova orbis tabula : in lucem edita / A. F. de Wit

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Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island, with the coast continued to the supposed Strait of Anian in the 59th latitude." Kashnor dates as ca. 1688, and from Amsterdam. Shirley indicates first date is 1670, a second plate was created in 1680 with Nova Guinea and Quiri Regio in the left hemisphere. See Shirley, map 451. Decorative map surround. Art work: Scenes of the four seasons with corresponding astrological symbols in all four corners. Submaps: North and South Polar views. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Watermark: Px. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Verso Text: MS notes: 54/93 148962.

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Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula

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Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island, and the imaginary Strait of Anian. This is one of the decorative type, richly colored." Shirley notes this map originates with that of Arnold Colom, c.1655, which supplied the surround scenes. This map was modified by de Wit and used by Doncker in his Zee Atlas (does NOT appear in the Doncker atlas owned by the Huntington, RB 70778). Kashnor dates as 1665, Shirley as 1676. Allegorical figures of Fire, Air, Water and Land, Sun and Moon. A striking map. Prime meridian: Tenerife. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Shirley 475; BM maps C.31.e.2; Koeman Don. 16.

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Regni Daniae Accuratissima delineatio

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