Les Deux Poles Arcticque ...
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An uncommon polar double-hemisphere map showing the northern and southern hemispheres from 45 degrees north and south. The map also includes two other projections showing the world centred on Paris and its antipodes, in which northern hemisphere California appears detached from the North American mainland. The somewhat out-dated cartography within the two main spheres repeats Nicolas Sanson's polar map of c.1650, with a suggested landmass occupying all the southern seas from around 55 degrees south, and an incomplete form of Lake Superior in Canada. The spheres are set against the decorative figured surround designed by Nicolaes Berchem for Visscher's map of 1658, with scenes from mythology showing the rape of Persephone, Zeus in a chariot, Poseidon with sea figures, and Demeter receiving fruits of the earth. A most interesting and unusual map.
region: World Maps
place and date of publication:
Amsterdam c. 1720
medium and colour:
copperplate, Original colour
ref:
21069
size in cms: 52.5 x 43.5 Price: £ 3400 |
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