Recherche dans la collection - Nova orbis tabula, in lucem edita A.F. De Wit. [cartographic material]

Illus: North and south polar projections of Arctic and Antarctic regions; each 13.2 diam.
A very interesting and extremely decorative map probably first published c. 1680 in a De Wit atlas. The maps themselves show nothing remarkable with the exception of the "island" of California and the curious configuration given to Hudson's Bay. The map was later republished after 1689 with certain revisions such as the adding of a privilege secured by De Wit in 1689, and the new presence of Nova Guinea on the western sphere.
Pictoral relief.
Copperplate engraving.
Illus: North and south polar projections of Arctic and Antarctic regions; each 13.2 diam.
Appears to be first edition, second state based on cherubs appearing in the cusps between the hemispheres and an addition of the outer border. California is also depicted as a island with a flat top instead of a pointed tip.

Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Shirley, Entry 451, Shirley, Entry 499, Koeman, v. 3, Entry Wit 1

Scale indeterminate (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°)

The microfiche version is NMC8233

For other states and editions see: MIKAN no. 4140538 (NMC 25957) ; G1015 .W57 1689 - fol./Vault (AMICUS No. 26305839)