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America. "Americae tam Septentrionalis quam Meridionalis in Mappa Geographica Delineatio". Orig. copper engraving after A. F. Zurner's map of America. Published by P. Schenk in Amsterdam, ca. 1715. Orig. old colouring. With figure title cartouche, another figure cartouche with explanatory notes and the scale of map. 50:56 cm.
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Schenk, Peter & Valck, Gerard
Amsterdam
1715
America. "Americae tam Septentrionalis quam Meridionalis in Mappa Geographica Delineatio". Orig. copper engraving after A. F. Zurner's map of America. Published by P. Schenk in Amsterdam, ca. 1715. Orig. old colouring. With figure title cartouche, another figure cartouche with explanatory notes and the scale of map. 50:56 cm (19 3/4 x 22 inch.).
This map is a compilation of the most up-to-date information about America at the time of printing, combined with older cartographic myths. California is depited as an island. - Adam Friedrich Zürner (1679-1742) was a German cartographer and geographer.