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