Asiae pars potissima by Heinrich Scherer. Between 1702 and 1710
Engraved early eighteenth century map of Central Asia, from Heinrich Scherer's Atlas Novus. The landmass is shown on an interesting isometric projection from the north, so that the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator run in large arcs across the map. The center of the map is effectively the Caspian Sea, and runs the full latitude of Russia, from Scandinavia in the West to the coasts of Tartary and Mongolia in the East. The bottom half of the map prominently displays the Arabian peninsula and the Indian subcontinent. The Caspian Sea is depicted with a curious oval shape. Novaya Zemlya is confidently shown as an island; whereas earlier cartographers depicted only the southern and western coastlines reflecting the discoveries of Barents and Linschoten. Made by Heinrich Scherer after an anonymous artist. Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704) was a Professor of Hebrew, Mathematics and Ethics at the University of Dillingen until about 1680. Thereafter he obtained important positions as Official Tutor to the Royal Princes of Mantua and Bavaria. It was during his time in Munich as Tutor to the Princely house of Bavaria that his lifetime’s work as a cartographer received acclaim and recognition. Schere
- Date
- 1702–1710
- Place
- Asia
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 2,966 × 3,795 pixels
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