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Odd World Map by Keyser & De Lat c.1787

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Title: Il Schuine Ronde Aard-Bolle waar van t'Middlepunt is Amsterdam en de Tegenvoeters van Amsterd.
Author: Keyser, Jacob & Jan De Lat
Description: Copper-engraved double-hemisphere world map, hand-colored (likely later). 17.3x23.8 cm. (6¾x9½").Interesting and unusual world map with Amsterdam the center of one, the point opposite Amsterdam the center of the other; California is shown as an island, and there are six smaller astronomical spheres with Ptolemaic and Grahe solar systems.
Heading: zzgPlace Published: Amsterdam
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Date Published: c.1787