L' Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Arctiques : par Guillaume Del'Isle de l'Academie R[oya]le des Sciences. A Amsterdam Chez Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier. De St. Petersbourg le 13/24 Janvier 1740. (to accompany) Atlas minor sive Totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nic. Visscher.

Engraved hand colored in outline map of Northern hemisphere, by the French map maker Guillaume De Isle, published by Covens and Mortier. Shows North America, California is correctly shown as a peninsula, but with a dotted line still hinting at the possibility of the island form, the Arctic, the Paci...

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Main Authors: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702, Schenk, Petrus, 1693-1775, L'Isle, Guillaume de, Covens et Mortier.
Format: Map
Language:unknown
Published: Nicolaum Visscher 1740
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