18th century double-hemisphere world map

MONATH, Peter Conrad.

Typus Orbis Terrarum.
Nuremberg, 1758. Original colour. 265 x 295mm.

Printer's creases in upper borders.

An uncommon and decorative world map, with female allegorical figures of the four continents - America and Europe at the top, and Asia and Africa at the bottom. California is shown as an island and there is a suggested North West Passage. New Zealand is connected to the huge Terra Antarctica.


Stock ID : 20464