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1631 Map of the Western Hemisphere – Historical Map
1631 Map of the Western Hemisphere – This is the unusual and larger version of Merian’s map of the Americas. Merian’s bold engraving style copies the cartography of Jodocus Hondius’ 1631 map. North America is depicted with a prominent Virginia and an odd New England coastline. The west coast above California makes the continent very wide and there is just a hint of the Great Lakes. There is a large inland lake in equatorial South America. Insets of the polar regions are defined in strapwork cartouches. The map is finely decorated with a title cartouche of human skulls and bones, representing the legendary cannibalism of the Americas, and the seas are filled with ships, naval battles and ferocious sea monsters.
Map of the Western Hemisphere, 1631
This is the unusual and larger version of Merian’s map of the Americas. Merian’s bold engraving style copies the cartography of Jodocus Hondius’ 1631 map. North America is depicted with a prominent Virginia and an odd New England coastline.
The west coast above California makes the continent very wide and there is just a hint of the Great Lakes.
There is a large inland lake in equatorial South America. Insets of the polar regions are defined in strapwork cartouches.
The map is finely decorated with a title cartouche of human skulls and bones, representing the legendary cannibalism of the Americas, and the seas are filled with ships, naval battles, and ferocious sea monsters.
1631 Map of the Western Hemisphere – Historical Map
Written by Willy Sievert
Editor of Bahia.ws since its founding in 2009. Based in Salvador, he travels frequently across the Northeast and all of Brazil to keep the guides up to date. Learn more about Willy Sievert →
