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Published by the noted mid-17th century Dutch cartographer, Frederick de Wit, this remarkably well preserved wall map of the Americas is previously unrecorded. With its large and masterful design, it is beautifully engraved and embellished, highlighted by the best Dutch coloring of the period. Early Dutch wall maps, perhaps the most decorative printed maps ever produced, are relatively uncommon today, primarily because their large size and public display lead to extensive damage and fading. According to the map's title, it presents a "new" and "accurate" geographic image of both Americas. However, its depiction of the North American west coast appears unfamiliar and inaccurate to modern eyes. This portrayal of California as an island was a long-held cartographic myth, based on incomplete and mistaken information that had gained wide acceptance among British and Dutch cartographers since the 1630s.
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Document identity
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x633f911p
label
Noua et accurata totius Americae tabula
core
obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
x633f911p
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Noua et accurata totius Americae tabula
description
Published by the noted mid-17th century Dutch cartographer, Frederick de Wit, this remarkably well preserved wall map of the Americas is previously unrecorded. With its large and masterful design, it is beautifully engraved and embellished, highlighted by the best Dutch coloring of the period. Early Dutch wall maps, perhaps the most decorative printed maps ever produced, are relatively uncommon today, primarily because their large size and public display lead to extensive damage and fading. According to the map's title, it presents a "new" and "accurate" geographic image of both Americas. However, its depiction of the North American west coast appears unfamiliar and inaccurate to modern eyes. This portrayal of California as an island was a long-held cartographic myth, based on incomplete and mistaken information that had gained wide acceptance among British and Dutch cartographers since the 1630s.
date
["1660"]
year
1660
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_002231
creators
Wit, Frederik de.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
America--Maps--Early works to 1800
North America--Maps--Early works to 1800
South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
America
Mesoamerica
North America
North and Central America
South America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Amsterdam
publisher
[s.n.]
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
42.284495
schema:longitude
-101.123047
extent
1 map : col. ; 122 x 153 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Text in Latin, Dutch and French.
Includes ill.
Featured in the Faces & Places Exhibit, Kravis Center, Palm Beach, FL, since 2005. MB (BRL)
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no
dcId
x633f911p
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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79be6247b32e54e4