A New and Accurate Map of The World – John Speed, 1651
First English World Map to Show California as an Island John Speed, 1651 (Rare Third State – Roger Rea Publisher) From the first world atlas produced in England, this sought-after map is, in its first edition of 1627, the earliest world map in English generally available to show the famous misconception of California as an […]
Typus Orbis Terrarum – Abraham Ortelius, 1570
Ortelius’ book of maps, first published in 1570, is considered the first modern world atlas. It was the first time that a set of maps, contemporary to the date of publication, was designed, drawn, and engraved with the intention of publishing them in a bound volume. Ortelius did not refer to his publication as an […]