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Peter Schenk Diversa orbis terræ. visu incedente per coluros tropicorum, ambos ejus polos, et particularis sphæræ zenith, in planum orthographica projectio... Plat Ontwerp van verscheyde Aert-klooten. Amsterdam: Peter Schenk 1706 536 x 627mm., double-page engraved map, contemporary hand colour, small expertly repaired tear to the old central fold, and two small repaired tears to coastlines A milestone in the history of cartography between the highly decorated 17th-century Dutch style and the more “rational” style of cartography of the mid-18th century. Peter Schenk (1645-1715) was a prolific Amsterdam mapmaker working in the great Dutch cartographical tradition. His spectacular map is based on Carel Allard's map of 1696 (Shirley 578). Shirley's of the Allard image is equally relevant to the present example: “The traditional decorative border of many seventeenth-century world maps has disappeared, and ... [the] twin central hemispheres are surrounded by eight smaller projections depicting the world from various angles, and four smaller circular diagrams. The dark cross-hatched background provides a striking contrast”. This map represents a radical departure from what had become a traditional format in Dutch 17th-century maps where the margins would be full of classical mythological figures and references. Here we have a more strictly scientific approach with only a handful of cherubs parcelled in between the two largest hemispheres. LITERATURE: Cf. Shirley, The Mapping of the World, 578 (Allard's map of 1696)Condition reportGood condition The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The