New and Very Accurate Map of the World by Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Hand-colored 17th-century double-hemisphere world map with polar insets and mythological figures in the corners.

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New and Very Accurate Map of the World, Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (1658), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This 1658 print, titled New and Very Accurate Map of the World and attributed to Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, shows a double-hemisphere world map with the Americas and Eurasia-Africa, framed by polar inset maps. Mythological figures, including a sea god driving horses, eagles, and cherubs, decorate the corners and margins, and the map is hand-colored in pink, green, and yellow.

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1658

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