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Title
Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis
Honnold/Mudd Library Map Collection
Alternative Title
Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis novissima repraesentatio quam ex singulis recentium geographorum tabulis collectam luci publicae accomodavit
Creator
Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Date Created and/or Issued
1725
Publication Information
Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Maps and Mapping at The Claremont Colleges
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description
Color coded to denote the various European territories. California is depicted as an island. Two interesting cartouches are also included, one of which includes paralleled imagery of Judaic figures and indigenous religious figures, all under a radiating triangle symbol. Includes a Blemmye, or mythical headless figure.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
mam00094.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll14/id/125
Language
Latin
Subject
Illuminati
Myth
Idols and images
Cartography
Cardinal points
Cartography - California - History - Sources
Colonies - History
Continents
Indians of North America
Maps
Native American tribes
North America
North America - Discovery and exploration
North America - History
North America - Maps
North America - Maps - Early works to 1800
Place
Atlantic Ocean
Greenland
Central America
Pacific Ocean
North America
Source
Original map, 63 x 53.5 cm: Honnold/Mudd Library map collection, folder 4:1, Maps-Western Hemisphere
Relation
Maps and Mapping at The Claremont Colleges - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll14

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