Recentissima novi orbis, sive Americae septentrionalis et meridionalis tabula

Attribution:

Caroli Allard

Date:

ca. 1700

Description:

Produced in Amsterdam toward the end of the seventeenth century, this map of the Americas illustrates how Europeans staked their claim to much of the New World. Drawing heavily on the work of French cartographer Nicolas Sanson, the map includes a number of errors and misprojections, including the depiction of a landmass known as Terra Esonis, connecting the Straits of Anian to Japan, California as an island, and the confluence of the Colorado River and the Río Grande at a point near Santa Fe.

Bib. Reference:

Amsterdam: publisher not identified

Bancroft call number:

G2390 1696 .A4

Digital image courtesy of:

Barry Lawrence Ruderman, Antique Maps Inc.