Rare Large Copperplate Engraved Map of the Americas Entitled "America Nouiter Delineata" by Matthäeus Merian (1593-1650) | | Title: America nouiter delineata Title (alt.): America noviter delineata | | Creator: Merian, Matthaeus (1593-1650) | | Date: 1634 | | Format: Map/Atlase | | Publisher: Francofvrti ad Moenum : Sumptibus M. Meriani | | Notes: Relief shown pictorially, Includes insets of Greenland and Antarctica and ill. | | The source of this map was thought to be the 1631 map by Hondius with the same title. However, this work was first published in German by Theodor de Bry as (pt 1) Continuatio Americae, Frankfurt a. M., 1627, and (pt 2) Vierzehender Theil Amerikanischer Historien, Hanau, 1630. Here, Merian united the two parts and had them translated into Latin. Together the work includes 15 sections. References: Church, E.D. Discovery, 174 | | Geographic Area: Western hemisphere Normalized | | Extent: 1 map ; Image 13" H x 17.3" W; sheet 16" H x 18.5" W | | Scale: [ca. 1:27,000,000] | | Language: Latin. | | | | Description: Map of North and South America. Includes parts of western Europe and Africa. Includes two inset maps of the North and South Poles. Cartographic elements include lines of latitude and longitude, location of rivers, settlements, and lakes. Decorative elements include details in South America of Patagonian giants, scene of cannibalism, whales, sea monsters, scene of naval warfare, and ships. Includes the legendary cities of Manoa del Dorado and seven cities of Cibolo, lakes Parime and Eupana. Decorative cartouche contains skulls, bones, and sun.Notes: Matthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 – 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house. He was a member of the patrician Basel Merian family.

16 x 18.5 in