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.

Object Details

ID: G292:1/8
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.