A New and Accurat Map of the World drawne according to ye truest Descriptions latest Discoveries & best Observations that have beene made by English or strangers. 1651

Collection: Osher Collection

Name: A New and Accurat Map of the World drawne according to ye truest Descriptions latest Discoveries & best Observations that have beene made by English or strangers. 1651

Barcode: 487

Creator: Chiswell, Richard, 1639-1711Speed, John, 1552?-1629

Notes: Verso: Text in English with a "general description of the World." Note: "Are to be sold by Tho. Bassett in Fleet Street and Ric. Chiswell in St. Pauls Church yard." Depicts elements Water, Earth, Fire, and Air; the heavens; solar and lunar eclipses; and portraits of explorers such as Drake. Shows California as an island.

Date/Date Range Produced: 1676

Date/Date Range Published: 1676

Language: English

Dimensions: 2 hemispheres, each 25 cm in diameter on sheet 44 cm. x 57 cm.

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

LC Call Number:

OCLC: 702193081

Accession Number: OS-1676-2

Donor: Osher

Permenant URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/487.0001; 487.0002