1677 Nicolas Visscher Antique Twin Hemisphere World Map Central America This fine hand coloured original

This fine hand coloured original antique map of Western Australia - only 4 years after the first British settlement on the Swan river & Van Diemens Land or Tasmania was engraved by J & C Walker

all the elements of the modern Atlas were brought to publication  in Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

he also toured the country to visit and draw sites for inclusion in The Antiquities

Paper size: - 20in x 16in (510mm x 405mm)

1677 Nicolas Visscher Antique Twin Hemisphere World Map Central America This fine hand coloured originalTitle : Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata Et In Lucem Edita Per N. Visscher Date : 1677 Size: 22in x 16in (560mm x 410mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Ref: 30005 This beautiful, original map is the second state of the second world map prepared by Nicolas Visscher in 1677 for insertion in a Dutch Bible. The first state of this second world map was published in 1663. General Condition: Paper thickness and quality: Heavy & sturdy Paper color: off