1597 Cornelis Wytfliet Antique Map Early Important Map of California & SW America Asia commercial interest in the archipelago

commercial interest in the archipelago was minimal due to the low-value hides of the feral cattle roaming the pastures

some of which occasionally appear on the market

and are predominantly in scales ranging from 1:25

It is perhaps appropriate also to refer to two English map makers who spent many years in exile in Italy: the first

two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature

1597 Cornelis Wytfliet Antique Map Early Important Map of California & SW America Asia commercial interest in the archipelagoTitle : Granata Nova et California Size: 15in x 12in (380mm x 305mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1597 Ref #: 41716 Description: A fine original antique, and incredibly important map the first to focus on California & the SW was published by Cornelis van Wytfliet in the 1597 edition of Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum. The first printed map devoted to California and the south west of the present day United States. One of the most