COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
01631
accession_number
01631
Accession Number
false
File Name:
01631-30
file_name
01631-30
File Name
false
Call number:
F671 M765n / 1-SIZE
call_number
F671 M765n / 1-SIZE
Call number
false
Map title:
Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae descriptio per Gerardum a Schagen.
map_title
Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae descriptio per Gerardum a Schagen.
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[Amsterdam]
place_of_publication
[Amsterdam]
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
[Jacob Meurs]
publisher
[Jacob Meurs]
Publisher
false
Publication date:
[1671]
publication_date
[1671]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
43.5 cm.
map_size_height
43.5 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
53.8 cm. [both pages]
map_size_width
53.8 cm. [both pages]
Map size width
false
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; frontispiece
item_description
fold-out engraved map; frontispiece
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of North and South America with the northern part of North America included to the Anian Strait, with the Great Lakes missing, and with California shown as an island. Cartographic elements include lines of longitude and latitude, location of rivers and settlements, and compass rose. Decorative cartouch includes native Americans hunting for and eating birds, a king or emperor under a parasol held by a servant, bars of gold, and black [?] men panning for ore. Also includes snakes, ships, vignette with scene of warfare within Brazil, and animals such as bear, deer, and anteater.
geographical_description
Map of North and South America with the northern part of North America included to the Anian Strait, with the Great Lakes missing, and with California shown as an island. Cartographic elements include lines of longitude and latitude, location of rivers and settlements, and compass rose. Decorative cartouch includes native Americans hunting for and eating birds, a king or emperor under a parasol held by a servant, bars of gold, and black [?] men panning for ore. Also includes snakes, ships, vignette with scene of warfare within Brazil, and animals such as bear, deer, and anteater.
Geographical description
false
Source author:
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683
source_author
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683
Source author
false
Source title:
De nieuwe en onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America
source_title
De nieuwe en onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America
Source title
false
Source place:
t' Amsterdam : by Jacob Meurs boek-verkooper en plaet-snyder, op de Kaisars-graft, schuin over de Wester-markt, in de stad Meurs, Anno 1671
source_place
t' Amsterdam : by Jacob Meurs boek-verkooper en plaet-snyder, op de Kaisars-graft, schuin over de Wester-markt, in de stad Meurs, Anno 1671
Source place
false
Cartobibliographic notes:
Based on Nicolas Janszoon Visscher's map of the same title published circa 1658, this map was derived from Joan Blaeau's wall map of the world, 1648.
cartobibliographic_notes
Based on Nicolas Janszoon Visscher's map of the same title published circa 1658, this map was derived from Joan Blaeau's wall map of the world, 1648.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Cf. Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 332
references
Cf. Burden, P.D. Mapping of North America, 332
References
false
Geographic Area:
Western hemisphere
geographic_area
Western hemisphere
Geographic Area
false
Normalized date:
1671
normalized_date
1671
Normalized date
false
Creator:
Gerrit Lacasz. van Schagen
creator
Gerrit Lacasz. van Schagen
Creator
false