Heinrich Scherer: Repraesentatio Americae Borealis
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Cartographer:
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Heinrich Scherer
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Title:
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Repraesentatio Americae Borealis
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Date:
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c. 1700
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Published:
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Munich
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Width:
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14 inches / 36 cm
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Height:
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10 inches / 26 cm
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Map ref:
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AMER2113
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Description:
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Ornate map of North America showing California as an island and shading the regions which were not being reached by Catholic missionaries. A large cartouche to the left of the map illustrates the Biblical passage "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few" [Matthew 9:37], suggesting that more missionaries were needed to spread the Catholic faith in the Americas. A vignette of a ship carrying missionaries on the right of the map is Scherer's proposed solution.
Coloured. [AMER2113] |