Greenland and California as an Island – Antique Northern Hemisphere Map, ca.1750

€ 720

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1750
Mapmaker / artist: Isaak Tirion
Sheet size: 35.5 × 48 cm (14.0 × 18.9 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-13253

Condition

Repaired: repair on bottom (closed tear). Original/contemporary hand coloring. General age-related toning. Original folding line, with repair on bottom (closed tear). Blank verso. Please study images carefully.

About this sheet

Greenland and California as an Island – Antique Northern Hemisphere Map, ca.1750

Antique map titled 'Nieuwe Kaart van de Noord Pool na de alderlaatste ontdekking int licht gebracht tot Amsterdam door Isaak Tirion'. Beautiful map of the Northern Hemisphere and North Pole, which shows the NE Passage, but no definite NW Passage. California is shown as an Island, along with the River systems of North America. Nice detail in the Polar regions, especially New Denmark and Greenland and in Asia and Europe. Engraved by J. Keyser. Published by I. Tirion, circa 1750.