VALCK, Gerard. Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique ou Description Generale Du Globe Terrestre et Aquatique en Deux-Plans-Hemispheres:
Amsterdam, c.1686. 475 x 580.
Fine original colour; paper very lightly age-toned, centrefold has been strengthened with old paper in the book. Otherwise a fine example.
The source of this magnificent double hemisphere map of the world is probably Jaillot's map of 1674. The decorative figured corners represent the four seasons. And the north and south polar circles are added at the top and bottom. California is shown as an island and further south a more definable coastline of Antarctica is shown and an almost complete Australia. SHIRLEY: 531 plate 373.
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