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Rare double Hemipshere map of the World, published in Pars for the Spanish language market and dedicated to the Marques de Gouvea.
The map note that it was available for sale in 5 different cities in Spain, with a list of the sellers at the bottom left.
Shows Nueva Hollanda (Australia), Sea of the West (Lago Hermoso!), along with Lago Velasco, lands described by the Moscovites, lands near the Arctic Circle discovered by Admiral de Fuente, and other interesting details.
South of Tierra del Fuego, the passage supposedly discovered by Drake in 1578 is shown. The west coast of New Zealand is shown, including Bahya de S. Phelipe and Cabo Maria. Several of the islands in the Pacific includes dates of discovery.
The map is surrounded by additional diagrams and a superb rococo cartouche. North and South polar projections are included in the cusps, and diagrams at top depict the solar system based on Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe and one that merges all three concepts. At bottom left is an illustration and explanation of Descartes' theory of vortices.
The original map provides credits to Hasius, a German cartographer, for the projections, and to De L'Isle. There are a number of subtle differences in the maps and we believe that this map is likely an English copy of the French original, which is known in only a single example.
Rariity
The map is very rare, with examples recorded in the National Library of Portugal and the Technische Universitiat Bergakademie in Germany.
![[ World in Two Hemispheres on Polar Projections ]](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/99920.jpg)
![P. Mc.D. Collins' Proposed Overland Telegraph Via Behring's Strait and Asiatic Russia to Europe, Under Russian & British Grants. . . 1864 [accompanied by separate text:] Communication of Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, upon the subject of an Intercontinental Telegraph connecting the Eastern and Western Hemispheres by way of Behring's Strait, In Reply to Hon Z. Chandler, Chairman of The Committee on Commerce of the U.S. Senate, To Which Was Referred The Memorial of Perry McDonough Collins.](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/87461.jpg)
![[ Ancient World ] Aevi Veteris, Typus Geographicus](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/85526.jpg)
