↑ Parent: Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum, per Paucas Attamen Novissimas Tabulas Ostenditur. Amstelaedami, ex Officina Nicolai Visscher

Collection: Smith Collection

Name: Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula. Auctore Nicolao Visscher.

Barcode: 11511

Image Number: 11511.0014

Creator: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679

Printmaker: Berchem, Nicolaas Pietersz, 1620-1683Visscher, Claes Jansz., 1586 or 1587-1652

Date Created: 1689

Date Published: 1689

Content: Map

Subjects: AgricultureAnimals, MythicalAphrodite (Greek deity)Arctic regionsCherubs (Art)CornucopiasDemeter (Greek deity)Eastern HemisphereFour elementsGods and goddesesHades (Greek deity)Hera (Greek deity)Imaginary creaturesMermaidsMermenMythologyPersephone (Greek deity)Polar regionsPoseidon (Greek deity)Sailing shipsSymbolismWestern HemisphereWorld mapsZeus (Greek deity)

Title Translation: New and Accurate Map of the World by Nicolas Visscher

Brief Description: Map of the World presented in four hemispheres. The Western Hemisphere shows California as an island and the hemisphere showing the antarctic region is largely blank. The four corners of the map have scenes related to the Four Elements.

Physical Description: 1 map: illustrated, colored

Publisher: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679

Language: Latin

Region Depicted: Arctic regionsEastern HemispherePolar regionsWestern Hemisphere

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

Notes: Notes: "N.P. Berchem invent." and "J. de Visscher sculpsit"

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