COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702.
Author:
Visscher, Claes Jansz
Author:
Piscator, N.J.
Date:
1652
Short Title:
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
Publisher:
Nicolai Visscher
Publisher Location:
Amsterdam
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
46
Obj Width cm:
57
Scale 1:
90,000,000
Note:
Hand colored in outline map of the world on Mercator's projection. surrounding the map include twelve Roman emperors at the top and bottom, with six groups of national figures and eight vignettes of principal cities at the sides, in the corners are female allegorical representations of the continents: Europa, Asia, America and Africa. Map showing discoveries around the Hudson Bay and the course of the St. Lawrence river. River extending to a small lake in the middle of North America. Tierra del Fuego is shown as a distinct landmass. The Straits of le Maire and Magellan, with the massive Magellanica Sive Terra Australis Incognita, California Coastline appears, heading north toward the Straits of Annian. Decorative cartouche in the upper left tells of the discovery of America by Columbus. Also showing cities and towns, vignettes of ships and sea monsters, rivers, lakes and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. The error of the date of 1592 for the discovery of America by Columbas indicates that this is a very early state of the map, perhaps the first.
Reference:
Koeman Vis 19, P. 169-170. But our copy is circa 1690.
World Area:
World
Full Title:
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, Auctore N.I. Piscator. Visscher excudebat 1652. (to accompany) Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nico. Visscher. 1690. (half title page) Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum. (insets) America Septentrionalis. (with) Magellanica Sive Terra Australis Incognita.
List No:
11755.005
Page No:
2
Series No:
5
Publication Author:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702.
Pub Date:
1690
Pub Title:
Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nico. Visscher. Amst: Bat: Ger: de Lairesse delin: & Sculp. Amsterdami. Apud Nicolaum Visscher cum privil: ordin: general: Belgii Foederati. 1690. (half title page) Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum, per Paucas Attamen Novissimas Tabulas Ostenditur. Amstelaedami, ex Officina Nicolai Visscher.
Pub Reference:
Koeman Vis 12, P. 169-170.
Pub Note:
Seventeenth century atlas of the World by Nicholas Visscher. With Engraved allegorical title page, on sheet 51x31, printed in full color, followed by letterpress half title page. Consists of 127 engraved maps, hand-colored in outline and full, with elegant title cartouche. Visscher is well-known for the depth of accuracy within his maps, and for embellishing the maps' beauty further with small detailing. This work is known for the high quality of engraving, exceptionally fine ornament, and accurate geographical information. His true innovation lies in his rendering of the New World, where he added small variations to the still widely unknown North American coastlines. About 1690 Visscher retouched the old plate of N.J. Visscher, by adding the city of Philadelphia and the name of the state Pennsylvania. Majority of the maps are published by Visscher with additional maps by several other mapmakers. The Atlas Minor is a fine and comprehensive composite atlas, and one of a series of large atlases compiled and sold by the Visscher family of art dealers and cartographers in the 17th century.
Pub List No:
11755.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
127
Pub Height cm:
56
Pub Width cm:
58
Image No:
11755005.jp2
Authors:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702.; Visscher, Claes Jansz; Piscator, N.J.
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
