World map by Heinrich Scherer, ca. 1700

Heinrich Scherer, c1700
Repraesentatio Geographica... Excellent. 9.5 x 14 inches.
$1250.

Brilliantly engraved world map on a north polar projection, with California as an island. This is the first of the world maps in the Atlas Novus of Scherer.

As Shirley notes, Heinrich Scherer was a professor of mathematics in Munich, and a devout Jesuit, the latter aspect having a profound influence on the nature of his maps.

Shirley 626.