REFINE     Who What Where When     REMOVE Northern Hemisphere L'Isle, Guillaume de WHAT Atlas Map (1) World Atlas (1) WHO Covens et Mortier. (1) Nicolaum Visscher (1) Schenk, Petrus, 1693-1775 (1) Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649- … (1) WHEN 1740 (1)

REFINE  Browse All : Images by L'Isle, Guillaume de of Northern Hemisphere 1-1 of 1 Visscher, Nicolaes, 164... L' Hemisphere Septentri... 1740 World Atlas   Author [Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702, Schenk, Petrus, 1693-1775, L'Isle, Guillaume de, Covens et Mortier.] Note Engraved hand colored in outline map of Northern hemisphere, by the French map maker Guillaume De Isle, published by Covens and Mortier. Shows North America, California is correctly shown as a peninsula, but with a dotted line still hinting at the possibility of the island form, the Arctic, the Pacific, Asia. Includes explanatory text in French and Dutch written by "Monsieur Swartz, Dutch ambassador at St. Petersburga, dated Jan. 13, 1740. Relief shown pictorially. 1-1 of 1

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