Stock# 68691
Description
Rare map of the world, showing California as an island from a rare Jesuit emblem book, entitled Imago Prrimi Aaeculi Soc. Iesu a Provincia Flandro-Belgica Ejusdejm . . .
representation of the baby Jesus is shown between the two hemisphere
Within the two hemispheres, a classical depiction of the world is given, as known at the beginning of the 17th Century. California is an island, a large landmass running north and south toward America. A very large Terra Incognita in the Eastern Hemisphere.