1661 Very Important Cluver Map of America - absent north and north west

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1661 Very Important Cluver Map of America - absent north and north west:
$132.50

1661 Cluver Map - Americae Sive Indiae Occidentalis

Philip Cluver (Cluverius) along with Christoph Keller (Cellarius) was one of the first geographical and historical authors to use different sets of maps to embellish their popular works. Cluver\'s magnum opus was \'Introductionis in Universam Geographicam\' which was issued in various sized editions from about 1650 to the mid-1700\'s. Different publishers usedvarious cartographers and one of the scarcer editions was issued by Jan Jansson in Amsterdam in 1661. Another small 12mo edition was published the same year.

This attractive map of the whole of theAmericas is from that small, 12mo edition. The area shown is quite recognisable with California correctly identified as a peninsula cut the northern part of North America is completely absent. This is unusual for maps of the time where ignorance was usually replaced by speculation. Nothing appears north of northern California and the Great Lakes are not included or anything Arctic.

This map is essential to any collection of early Americana.

The map measures 5\" by 5\" with a fold (as issued), and has nicehand colouring. The map is in very good condition with narrow blank margins (as issued).

The map is guaranteed to be over 350 years old.

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