Antique A New Map of the Terraqueous Globe William Duke of Gloucester Burghers

  

Antique A New Map of the Terraqueous Globe William Duke of Gloucester - Burghers - Edward Wells. An interesting and striking double hemisphere world. Map measures approximately 760mm x 650mm including frame. Double hemispherical map of the ancient world with decorative border. Copper engraved double page map.

Shows California as an Island, an incomplete New Holland attached to N. Guinea, partial New Zealand Coast line and no Southern Continent. Extensive annotations in North and South America, including a suggestion that the Americas might have been the lost continent of Atlantis, stating: This Continent with the adjoining islands is generally supposed to have been Anciently unknown though there are not wanting some, who will have even the Continent itself to be no other than the Insula Atlantis of the Ancients. This item is in the category "Antiques\Maps, Atlases, Globes\World Maps". The seller is "e-clearances" and is located in this country: AU. This item can be shipped worldwide.

1. Map View: World
2. Cartographer/Publisher: Edward Wells
3. Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
4. Type: World Map
5. Date Range: 1700-1738