About Decorative Vintage World Map De Werelt Caart Cornelis Dankerts 1645
First state (out of three) antique double hemisphere world map by Cornelis Dankerts (Danckerts), engraved by Albert Schut, printed in 1710.This map is the first state out of 3 (with 'tot Amsterdam Nieuwelijks uyt Gegeven door Cornelis Dankerts voor aen de Nieuwendyck in den Atlas met Privilege' at bottom left ) and was published by R. and J.Wetstein, William Smith and Samuel Luchtmans. (Ref: Poortman). California is shown as an island and Terra Esonis stretches from just above California nearly to Asia and the land of Yedso above Japan. North and south polar projections appear at the top and bottom between the spheres. In each upper corner are illustrations of Ptolemaic theory on the revolution of the planets and stars around the earth. In the lower corners are diagrams of the movement of the Sun throughout varying degrees of latitude and a plan of the Sun, Moon and Earth during lunar and solar eclipses. There are extensive notations in Dutch at the top and a keyed table of latitude at the bottom.
About the Canvas Prints
Decorative Vintage World Map - De Werelt Caart - Cornelis Dankerts - 1645 by Cornelis Dankerts. Bring your artwork to life with the texture and depth of a stretched canvas print. Your image gets printed onto our premium processed canvases and then stretched on a white maple wooden frame (gallery wrap) or framed inside black maple (framed canvas). Your canvas print will be shipped within 4 days in "ready to frame" condition for normal rolled and "ready to hang" condition for frames and wraps with pre-attached hanging wire and/or mounting points.