Map of North and South America
date: label: Date made
content: 1719
name: label: graphic artist
content: Chatelain, Henri Abraham
notes: label: Description
content: This map of North and South America appeared as part of a seven-volume historic atlas published in Paris between 1705 and 1720. It was also issued separately, and its large size together with its companion lower half suggest its use as a wall chart. Only a detail is shown here. Circular portraits identify nine great explorers, including Columbus, Magellan, and Vespucci. Five voyages of discovery are marked on the Pacific Ocean, the southern ocean of the title.
label: Description
content: Elaborate engraved vignettes depict beavers building a dam, Native Americans hunting and fishing, and other men salting and drying codfish. Niagara Falls is pictured, and California is shown as an island, although the growing belief that it was part of the continent is noted.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Netherlands: North Holland, Amsterdam
topic: label: Subject
content: Exploration and Discovery
label: Subject
content: Maps
label: Subject
content: Wild Animals
label: Subject
content: Indians
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Cultures & Communities
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.313248.01a
label: catalog number
content: 313248.01
label: accession number
content: 313248
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: map
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 45 cm x 143 cm; 17 11/16 in x 56 5/16 in