Nicolas Sanson (1600-1677), "Atlantis Insula," Amsterdam: Mortier, ca. 1700. This wonderful hand colored engraving map of America purportedly shows the Western Hemisphere about 200,000 years ago before the earliest human civilizations.
The map features the lost continent of Atlantis in the 17th Century. The map shows the divisions of the land masses, as divided by the god Neptune, among his ten sons.
Thule island is depicted and was believed to be the source of Nordic races, based upon the work of Heinrich Schliemann. Schliemann believed Homer's Iliad and Odyssey to be factual. He then discovered ancient Troy in Asia Minor.
Atlantis was first introduced by Plato about 400 B.C. The next 2300 years, several other pseudo intellects and scholars helped perpetuate the theory.
Dimensions: Sight; height: 16 1/2 in x width: 22 1/4 in. Framed; height: 23 1/4 in x width: 28 1/2 in.

SKU: 03572

Good condition, toning throughout, areas of soiling and creasing, mostly evident along the center fold.