The Most Recent and Most Accurate Description of All of America. (Novissima Et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio) 1650

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17th century represents a transition from the aesthetic and symbolic sensibility of Dutch mapmakers to the emphasis on scientific accuracy stressed by French cartographers. Both Sanson and Meurs owed their charting of North America to the explorations of Samuel de Champlain in the first decades of the 1600s. In this Meurs map, unlike Sanson's more narrowly scientific rendering, the uncharted regions of Arctic America are bordered by an ornamental design that underscores its unknown character. Mythical creatures, including a Poseidon-like figure, rise from the waters and suggest the limits of human knowledge.
Created by Jacob Van Meurs in 1650.

• Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• Original resource extent: 1 map : color ; 28 x 35 centimeters.
• Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
• Content in Latin.
• Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Map Subjects

Western Hemisphere

Jacob Van Meurs

1650