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Werelt Caert.

A fine 1730 world map was drawn by Stoopendaal for publication in the Keur Bible. Based on Visscher’s very similar map of 1663, this map depicts the world on a hemisphere projection surrounded by stunning allegorical cartouche work. The cartouche work corresponds to that seen on the second world Bible map produced by Nicolaas Visscher, Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata. (Shirley 431, 1663), though the map has changed to accommodate evolving geographical suppositions. Stoopendaal revisions of Visscher’s work include geographical updates as well as the incorporation of Copernican and Ptolemaic solar systems in the place of Visscher’s polar projections – though curiously Visscher’s labels remain. Cartographically Stoopendaal probably references Pieter Goos world map of 1666, Orbis Terrarum Nova Et Accuratissima Tabula. (Shirley 438), to which this map is similar. Our survey of this map will begin in North America where Stoopendaal has updated Visscher’s model to incorporate the convention of a flat topped insular California. The concept of an insular California first appeared as a work of fiction in Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo's c. 1510 romance Las Sergas de Esplandian, wh

Date
1730
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
4,000 × 2,765 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.

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"Werelt Caert." (1730). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1730_Stoopendaal_Map_of_the_World_in_two_Hemispheres_-_Geographicus_-_WereltCaert-stoopendaal-1730.jpg

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