GOLD FOIL MAP OF shop THE WORLD (NOVA ORBIS TABVLA, IN LVCEM EDITA, A.F. DE WIT)

Product Name: GOLD FOIL MAP OF shop THE WORLD (NOVA ORBIS TABVLA, IN LVCEM EDITA, A.F. DE WIT)
Nova Orbis Tabula, In Lucem Edita, EA. F. de Wit. Double hemisphere map of the World with two polar projections above and below the hemispheres. Depicts California as an island and shows New Guinea as "Nova Guinea" and an area in South Pacific next to New Guinea called "Quiri Regio." Scenes in the corners combine images of the four seasons and signs of the zodiac. Cherubs appear in the spaces between the hemispheres and polar projection insets. This map was first produced between the mid-1660s and early 1670s shop. Frederik de Wit (1629/30-1706) was a major Dutch cartographer and publisher in Amsterdam. Frame: 30 1/2" x 24 1/2".