An early 18th century Azimuthal world map

SCHERER, Heinrich.

Planisphaerium ex Polo Arctico tanquam centro Geometrice descripu. Anno 1700.
Munich, 1700. 235 x 190mm.

A map on an 'azimuthal' or Great Circle projection, showing most of the world in one great sphere, omitting below 40º South, i.e. below Buenos Ayres in South America and Australia. California is shown as an island
From 'Geographia Naturalis' by Heinrich Scherer, a Jesuit mathematician and geographer.

SHIRLEY: 634.
Stock ID : 21192