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DANCKWERTH, C. Orbis Veteribus cum origine magnarum.. Husum, 1651 [1652. Col. Minimal foxing, small hole restored hole at bottom of plate in "Oceanus Aethiopicus". Not examined out of frame. 430 x 527 mm. Map of the Old World (Eastern Hemisphere) from an atlas dedicated to the German region of Schleswig-Holstein, published in 1652 in collaboration with Danish cartographer Johann Mejer. The eminently religious map depicts the continents in the form of Noah's sons: Japheth, Shem and Ham. It is engraved by Christian Rothgiesser and decorated with a border of cherubs, fruit, garlands and gardens. It features a large southern continent "Terra Ausdralis Veteribus prorsus Incognita... ". The Korean peninsula is represented in the form of islands. - Shirley, Mapping of the World 388
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DANCKWERTH, C. Orbis Veteribus cum origine magnarum.. Husum, 1651 [1652. Col. Minimal foxing, small hole restored hole at bottom of plate in "Oceanus Aethiopicus". Not examined out of frame. 430 x 527 mm. Map of the Old World (Eastern Hemisphere) from an atlas dedicated to the German region of Schleswig-Holstein, published in 1652 in collaboration with Danish cartographer Johann Mejer. The eminently religious map depicts the continents in the form of Noah's sons: Japheth, Shem and Ham. It is engraved by Christian Rothgiesser and decorated with a border of cherubs, fruit, garlands and gardens. It features a large southern continent "Terra Ausdralis Veteribus prorsus Incognita... ". The Korean peninsula is represented in the form of islands. - Shirley, Mapping of the World 388
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