(Western Hemis.) Americae Descriptio ~Catalog 53~ but Wangersheim made large double

but Wangersheim made large double page maps

Notes the mines and placenames as well as the roads

Contents mark-free

Wheat was to call the map "quite extraordinary" although it is based largely on secondary sources

and lists some of their offerings

(Western Hemis.) Americae Descriptio ~Catalog 53~ but Wangersheim made large doubleAmericae Descriptio A fine engraving with a nice perspective on developing discovery. While the Americas are still being grasped, with only a rudimentary understanding of waterways and with a large island of California, we can still identify major coastal figures. But once looking out into the Pacific Ocean the early hints of places like New Zealand and Japan are just beginning to appear as portions of coasts floating in the distant seas. Throughout