Published by Nicolaes Jansz Visscher II, 1685

This reproduction of a rare 17th century copper plate engraving was originally published by Nicolaes the II, third heir to the founder of Visscher publishing house c1685. Europeans were extremely interested in maps such as this as their hunger for any information about the "New World" was practically insatiable.

With a wonderful cartouche both decorating the map and informing the viewer, this map was typical of great Dutch cartographers such as the Visscher's of Amsterdam.