
Collection: Osher Sheet Map Collection
Title: Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher
Title Translation: Map of the orbit of the world recently amended in the light of new knowledge edited by N. Visscher
Barcode: 460
Creator: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679
Publisher: Elzevir, Eva van Alphen* (active 1651 -1663)
Publishing Location: Amsterdam
Region Depicted: World
Date Produced: 1663
Date Published: 1663
Language: Dutch
Subjects: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679 · Maps--Early works to 1800 · World maps
Map Type: Geographical, Political
Dimensions: 2 hemispheres each 24 cm. in diameter on sheet 41 x 50 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Printing Technique: Copper
Material Type: Paper
Notes: Second world map prepared by Visscher inserted in a Dutch bible with four figures representing the continents. Includes wildlife found in these areas.
Brief Description: Map of the World. This is the second world map prepared by Visscher inserted in a Dutch bible with four figures representing the continents. Includes wildlife found in these areas.
Physical Description: 1 map: colored, illustrated
Insets: Genuinum Mundi Systema secundum N. Copernici hypothesin, Systema Mundi juxta mentem Claudii Ptolemaei Alexand
Theme: Dutch Golden Age (17th-18th Century)
Associated Map Imagery: Europe, 1663, Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher, Asia, 1663, Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher, America, 1663, Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher, Africa, 1663, Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher, Ship 1, 1663, Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher, Ship 2, 1663, Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher, Canoe, 1663, Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita per N. Visscher
Collection/Donor: Osher
Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/460.0001