AMSTERDAM (EN)  | PARIS (EN)  |  MAP-MART  |  Other Fairs  | MapTube | Press

        

                                                                        

Recently Viewed

Paulus_Swaen
Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio.
This is the second copperplate of Ortelius' map showing the western hemisphere, showing the prominent bulge in the South American coastline. An important map because of its influence on the European perceptions of America. When the map was first published by Abraham Ortelius at Antwerp in 1570, it was the best map of the Americas available.It was in fact the first of its kind to achieve-wide circulation through an atlas. Lower California is correctly shown as a peninsula and America is separated...
€4.927