World.- Wit (Frederik de)Nova Orbis Tabula In Lucem Edita, double hemisphere world map, showing the known coastal sections of New Zealand, with California as an island with flat top (before the alterations made c. 1680), large parts of Australia, with two polar hemispheres in the upper and lower centre, and the surrounds elaborately decorated with allegories of the four seasons, the elements and the signs of the zodiac, engraving with full original hand-colouring, an excellent early impression of the first state (of three), printing before the border decoration and later alterations, platemark 480 x 570 mm (18 7/8 x 22 1/2 in), sheet 550 x 650 mm (21 3/4 x 25 1/2 in), central vertical fold with associated minor creasing, some old repairs to minor splitting at fold, minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, Amsterdam, [circa 1670]
⁂ Important early state of this world map showing the most up-to-date cartographic details known of Southeast Asia and the north of New Zealand.
World.- Wit (Frederik de)Nova Orbis Tabula In Lucem Edita, double hemisphere world map, showing the known coastal sections of New Zealand, with California as an island with flat top (before the alterations made c. 1680), large parts of Australia, with two polar hemispheres in the upper and lower centre, and the surrounds elaborately decorated with allegories of the four seasons, the elements and the signs of the zodiac, engraving with full original hand-colouring, an excellent early impression of the first state (of three), printing before the border decoration and later alterations, platemark 480 x 570 mm (18 7/8 x 22 1/2 in), sheet 550 x 650 mm (21 3/4 x 25 1/2 in), central vertical fold with associated minor creasing, some old repairs to minor splitting at fold, minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, Amsterdam, [circa 1670]
⁂ Important early state of this world map showing the most up-to-date cartographic details known of Southeast Asia and the north of New Zealand.
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