COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702
Author:
Schenk, Petrus, 1693-1775
Author:
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
Author:
Covens et Mortier.
Date:
1740
Short Title:
L' Hemisphere meridional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Arctiques
Publisher:
Nicolaum Visscher
Publisher Location:
Amsterdam
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
48
Obj Width cm:
53
Scale 1:
3,000,000
Note:
Engraved hand colored in outline first edition of De L'Isle's important map of the Southern Hemisphere, and an early map of the South Polar regions, by the French map maker Guillaume De Isle, published by Covens and Mortier. Relief shown pictorially. Shows the routes of the major exploration in the 16th and 17th Centuries, including Magellan, Mendana, Quiros and Gallegos, Le Maire, Halley, Dampier, S. Louis, and Tasman. Includes explanation text, describing Lozier Bouvet's voyage.
Reference:
Shirley, R.W. Mapping the world (4th ed.) 639
World Area:
Southern Hemisphere
Full Title:
L' Hemisphere meridional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Arctiques : par Guillaume Del'Isle de l'Academie R[oya]le des Sciences. A Amsterdam Chez Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier. (to accompany) Atlas minor sive Totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nic. Visscher.
List No:
11611.006
Page No:
2
Series No:
6
Publication Author:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702
Publication Author:
Schenk, Petrus, 1693-1775
Pub Date:
1740
Pub Title:
Atlas minor sive Totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nic. Visscher. Amst. Bat : Apud Nicolaum Visscher Cum privil: ordin: general: belgii foederati. Ger. de Lairesse detin & Sculp.
Pub Reference:
Shirley, R.W. Mapping the world (4th ed.) 639
Pub Note:
Visscher's Atlas minor, printed by Petrus Schenk and Reinier & Iosua Ottens. Atlas consists of hand colored title page, engraved by Ger. de Lairesse, and manuscript index page, listing 23 maps, double page engraved hand colored in outline, by Visscher, Schenk, Mortier, Ottens, F. Zuerner, H. Jaillot, Delisle, G. and L. Valk, and De Witt. Including: a double-hemispheric world, northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, maps of the continents (Europe, Asia, Africa, and America), followed by maps of European regions (including Russia), and a map of the Holy Land. Atlas lacks sheet no. 17 (Hungaria ... ). Maps are in Latin, French and Dutch. Maps are undated, except the the map of L' Hemisphere Septentrional, dated 1740, map of Poland, dated 1734, and map of Terra sancta, dated 1659. Bound in half vellum over marbled paper covered boards. Not in Koeman
Pub List No:
11611.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
23
Pub Height cm:
56
Pub Width cm:
35
Image No:
11611006.jp2
Authors:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702; Schenk, Petrus, 1693-1775; L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726; Covens et Mortier.
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L' Hemisphere meridional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Arctiques
