Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula / [cartographic material] / auctore Nicolao Visscher
- Bib ID:
- 5832525
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Scale ca. 1:90,000,000 at the equator. (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°).
- Description:
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- [Amsterdam : J. Jansson, 1658]
- 1 map : hand col. ; 2 hemispheres each 28 cm in diam., on sheet 49 x 60 cm.
- Notes:
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- World map showing Tasman's 1642-1643 and 1644 discoveries in Australia and New Zealand. Australia appears as Hollandia Nova. Relief shown pictorially.
- Two hemispheres surrounded by mythological figures, with polus articus at top center and polus antarcticus at bottom center.
- First appeared in Jan Jansson's 1658 ''Novus Atlas''.
- Decorations by N. P. Berchem.
- "J. de Vissscher sculpsit".
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232508322
- Cited In:
- Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 406
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1658
- Other authors/contributors:
- Exhibited:
- Exhibited: "Mapping our World : Terra incognita to Australia", National Library of Australia, Canberra, 7 November 2013 to 10 March 2014.
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1733
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1658
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