Carte generale de toutes les costes du monde et les pays nouvellement decouvert

Carte generale de toutes les costes du monde et les pays nouvellement decouvert dresse sur les relations les plus nouvelles Partie orientale du monde, qui contiennent l'Europe, l'Asie, et l'Afrique Mortier, Pierre. Ruyter, Baltafar Sculpter cartographic map cartographic image Early works. ne Amsterdam Chez Pierre Mortier [1703] 1703 monographic fre 1 map : color ; 58 x 90 cm on sheet 62 x 92 cm Chez Pierre Mortier, Libraire, avec privelege de nos seigneurs les etats. "Baltafar Ruyter Sculpcit" in lower margin identifies this as second printing in 1703. Map originally issued in two sheets. Eastern sheet bears title: Partie orientale du monde, qui contiennent l'Europe, l'Asie, et l'Afrique. California is shown as an island. Northwest Passage is shown in detail. Prime meridian: Ferro. Nicolaas Witsen was burgomaster of Amsterdam, map collector and mapmaker. He was also ambassador to Russia and to the court of King William III of England. He specialized in collecting manuscript maps of Arabia and Asia. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00185 Print Map Item-ID: i11401679 BIB-ID: 2762470 Scale [ca. 1:43,000,000] (W 180°--E 180°/N 83°--S 60°). World maps Early works to 1800 World maps G3200 1703 .M56 For information on Ruyter see: Tooley, Ronald Vere. Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers p. 554 Pierre Mortier's dates taken from: Tooley, Ronald Vere. Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers p. 450 Shirley, Rodney W. The Mapping of the world early printed world maps 1472-1700 no. 559 828409255 aacr ABJ 130225 20200329075422.0 ocn828409255 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng