WORLD MAP 17TH CENTURY

[1] Description: Foldable map of the world, contained in "The world encompassed by Sir Francis Drake...", London 1628.


[2] Description: Decorative maps of the world from the French cartographers Nicholas Sanson and Alexis Hubert Jaillot published in 1691

[3] Description: Exceptional map of the world made in 1650 by the Dutch publisher Jan Jansson (Johannes Janssonius). Such maps, showing comtemporary geopraphy with ancient place names, were popular in the post-renaissance period.

[4]  Description: World map by the Dutch-German cartographer Andreas Cellarius published in 1661.