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Title: Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula
Creator: Doncker, Hendrick, 1626-1699, cartographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1676
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
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Description: Kashnor notes, "Shows California as an island, and the imaginary Strait of Anian. This is one of the decorative type, richly colored." Shirley notes this map originates with that of Arnold Colom, c.1655, which supplied the surround scenes. This map was modified by de Wit and used by Doncker in his Zee Atlas (does NOT appear in the Doncker atlas owned by the Huntington, RB 70778). Kashnor dates as 1665, Shirley as 1676. Allegorical figures of Fire, Air, Water and Land, Sun and Moon. A striking map. Prime meridian: Tenerife. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Shirley 475; BM maps C.31.e.2; Koeman Don. 16.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Extent: 1 map : hand col. ; 54 x 63 cm. on sheet 55 x 63 cm.
Identifier: 105:287 M
44717
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/3289
Language: Latin
Subject: World maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: [1676]
Place: World
E 140°
W 140°/N 90°
S 90°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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