ARTIST: Pieter and Jacob Keur
PUBLISHER: Published by Daniel Stoopendaal.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: c.1680
EDITION SIZE: 12 x 17 7/8" (305 x 453 mm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: A fine early Dutch bible map that was based on Nicholas Visscher's world map of 1631. (Shirley #431). Allegorical figures representing the continents adorn each corner. In the cusp between the two hemispheres are two astronomical diagrams. California is also shown as an Island.
ADDITIONAL INFO: Framed to museum quality standards.
CONDITION: Good condition. Modern hand coloring.
REFERENCE: Shirley, "The Mapping of the World" #493.