Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio par N.Visscher
Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Medium: On modern backing sheet. Contents Note: Cartouche with stylised depictions of Indigenous Americans. From Nikolaus Visscher's Atlas Minor. Closely similar to Ogilby's map of the same title (G292:1/7) but with more place-names in North America and the South American river systems better drawn.
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Object Details
ID: | G292:1/8 |
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Collection: | Charts and maps |
Type: | Chart |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Visscher, Nicholas |
Date made: | circa 1671 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Printed area 44 x 55cm, on sheet 52 x 62cm. |