Scherer, Heinrich:: [Untitled World Map]

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Scherer, Heinrich: : [Untitled World Map]

Copper engraving, 24 x 35.5 cms, recent hand-colour, blank verso.

Scherer was professor of mathematics at Munich and a devout Jesuit. This map is the general map from his Atlas Marianus with Mary herself at the top of the map and devotional figures representing the four continents at the corners. The Americas are shown on the right of the map, and in keeping with common geographical thinking of the day California is shown as an island., Shirley 630

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