A double hemisphere world map with California as an island

Anonymous.

Typus Orbis Terrarum.
German? c.1700. Coloured. 175 x 255mm.

A small-format map of the world, showing the 'islands' of California and Korea, an indistinct Cape Horn and a Great Southern Continent. Under the map are representations of the Four Seasons, with a salamander for fire, eagle for air, flowers for earth and a pair of unrealistic dolphins for water.


Stock ID : 16640