"[Untitled - World]", Peeters, Jacques

This double-hemisphere world map shows the island of California with a completely blank Northwest coast of North America, and a large lake in central United States. In the southern hemisphere, Australia and New Zealand are partially mapped, and Australia appears to be connected to New Guinea. Allegorical figures fill the corners and cusps between the spheres, with Apollo and his chariot at top. Engraved by Jacob Harrewyn.

See also lot 786 for Rodney Shirley's The Mapping of the World - Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700 that describes this map.

References: Shirley #554; Shirley (BL Atlases) T.PEET-1a #7.

Condition: B+

A sharp impression on a bright sheet, issued folding and now flattened, with minor soiling and a professionally repaired tear that extends from the centerfold to the South Pole in the western hemisphere.