Van der Aa's scarce large-format double-hemisphere world
AA, Pieter van der.
Nova Orbis Terraquei Tabula Accuratissime Delineata.
Leiden, 1713. Coloured. 505 x 665mm.
Split at top and bottom centerfold repaired on verso, otherwise a very fine example.
A large-format world map, with superb pictorial borders featuring allegorical figures of the Continents and the Elements. California is shown as an island; Australia and New Zealand only have partial outlines; and cartographical errors include Frobisher's Straits in Greenland, a line of islands in the south east Pacific, and Jesso and Campanies Land to the north of Japan.
Stock ID : 21855
SOLD
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Van der Aa's scarce large-format double-hemisphere world
AA, Pieter van der.
Nova Orbis Terraquei Tabula Accuratissime Delineata.
Leiden, 1713. Coloured. 505 x 665mm.
Split at top and bottom centerfold repaired on verso, otherwise a very fine example.
A large-format world map, with superb pictorial borders featuring allegorical figures of the Continents and the Elements. California is shown as an island; Australia and New Zealand only have partial outlines; and cartographical errors include Frobisher's Straits in Greenland, a line of islands in the south east Pacific, and Jesso and Campanies Land to the north of Japan.
Stock ID : 21855
SOLD
To see similar items click here