Title: 'ORBIS TERRARUM TYPUS DE INTEGRO IN PLURIMIS EMENDATUS, AUCTUS, ET ICUNCULIS ILLUSTRATUS Auco- Nicōlaus / Ioā= Visschero.

Beautiful handcolored twin hemisphere map of the world by Claes Jansz. Visscher with two solar charts and two small celestial charts, surrounded by allegorical representations of the continents. East Brazil is on the eastern Hemisphere. Above and below  two circles with a diameter of 6,8 cm presenting the solar system. In the upper circle the sun is the centre (Copernicus) , in the lower circle earth is the centre ( Ptolemaeus). Bottom left side of the Pacific is written: 'America primum detecta á Christophoro Colombo, | anno 1492...

The map by Claes Jansz. Visscher was first published ca. 1650. This map was published in the van Ravesteyn Bible, 1654.

(Lit. Shirley 414, Poortman /Augusteijn 83)

Condition: Very good, verso dutch: 'Kort en klaer Vertoogh ....'.  Framed in luxurious walnut frame with french matting.

Size: 30,5 x 47 cm (map), 61 x 75 cm (frame)

VAT: Margingoods

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