World c.1689
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This late-seventeenth-century issue of a Visscher world map pairs a detailed rectangular map with a border of regional figures and views. It charts the continents and oceans as they were represented in the Dutch atlas tradition, with decorative scenes framing the geographic detail. Fine art reproduction, supplied unframed.
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Historical Background
The map combines a rectangular world view with an elaborate border of figures, regional scenes and city views. Its central map is densely labelled, while the frame turns the sheet into a visual account of the world as well as a geographic one. The plate carries the Visscher imprint and was included in the family’s Atlas Minor around the end of the seventeenth century.
Map Details
- Subject: A world map in rectangular projection
- Mapmaker: Claes Jansz. Visscher; later Visscher-family issue
- Edition context: Atlas Minor, late seventeenth century
- Notable features: Border figures, regional scenes and named places
The map’s presentation reflects the way atlases combined geographic information with images intended to help viewers compare peoples and places. The decorative border is a prominent part of the design, but the central map remains closely labelled, with coastlines and settlements set out across the continents. The sheet therefore rewards both a quick view of its overall composition and a slower reading of its place names.
The current product title dates this issue to about 1689. The image itself belongs to an earlier Visscher map design, later used in the family’s atlas. This distinction helps describe the print without treating its map design and surviving edition as the same date.
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