1671 Jacob Van Meurs Rare Original Antique Map of America - Island of California Ornithology and Robert Bylot Hudson Strait

and Robert Bylot Hudson Strait and the area which became known as Baffins Bay after his pilot William Baffin

contained hundreds of rare beautifully hand coloured contemporary and historical lithograph maps and views of New York City

They practised falconry there and used the vast surrounding forests for hawking and for hunting deer

The tomb of the Christian Abercius of Hieropolis in Phrygia (latter part of the 2nd century) bears the inscription: Let every friend who observes this pray for me

Belgium gained its independence and the decision was made to dismantle the fortifications

1671 Jacob Van Meurs Rare Original Antique Map of America - Island of California Ornithology and Robert Bylot Hudson StraitTitle : Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Americae Descriptio per Jacobum Meursium Date : 1671 Size: 22in x 19in (560mm x 485mm) Ref #: 61157 Condition: (A) Very Good Condition Description: This uncommon and rare original antique map of America and the Pacific, including parts of New Zealand, was published in Amsterdam by Jacob Van Meurs in 1671 for the German edition of Arnold Montanus' ground breaking publication "America". (Ref: Burden, Tooley,