Some famous cartographic misconceptions

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Magnum Mare del Zur cum insula California

WIT, Frederick de
Amsterdam,
Frederick de Wit inde Calverstraet,
[1680].
Engraved chart with contemporary hand-colour in full.
540 by 630mm. (21.25 by 24.75 inches).
17549

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Second state of this magnificent sea chart of the Pacific, first published in the 'Orbis Maritimus ofte Zee Atlas' in 1675. Here with "I. de S. Andries" off the coast of California.
Although much of this chart is "empty", it is filled with some of the most famous cartographic misconceptions. California is an island; the northen coastline of Australia is shown, with Tasmania a long way away from any known coastline; the partial coastline of New Zealand is marked; and to...

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