Jansson, Jan | The most important map in the adoption of California as an island

Jansson, Jan

America Septentrionalis. Amsterdam: [circa 1641]

Copperplate engraved map (to sight: 567 x 475 mm). Handcoloring; some offsetting and browning, a few stray spots. Matted and framed; not examined out of frame.

This "beautifully engraved map of North America had greater influence than any other to date in perpetuating the theory of California as an island" (Burden). The map is also notable for its depiction of indigenous animals, with Wheat noting: "the charming vignettes of animals scattered over its surface represent its most authentic information, so far as what is now western United States is concerned."

An important 17th century map of America  

REFERENCE

Burden 245; Goss 30; Tooley 28; Wheat 45