Educational Map Series: Nova Reperta, 1600 Map of the Western Hemisphere WA vintage map Fort Myers

Fort Myers

the construction of several lighthouses and lifesaving stations on the islands of the Outer Banks to minimize shipwrecks along the coast

The orientation of the chart is north to the right

Barnstable

Educational Map Series: Nova Reperta, 1600 Map of the Western Hemisphere WA vintage map Fort MyersMap of the Western Hemisphere Say goodbye to the old age and hello to a new era Jan van der Straet in his title plate engraving from his print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times), designed around the 1850s, echos those words through his striking depiction of an evolving world. Map of the Western Hemisphere is one of nineteen plates in the series that was published in Antwerp by Philips Galle in his 1600 edition of Americae