1681 North and South America

AMERICAE, Nicolaas Visscher (1681+)This map by Nicolaas Visscher II (1649-1702) is an altered reproduction of a map published in 1658 by his father Nicolaas Visscher I. The map had great influence on other maps of America in the 17th and 18th centuries. The east coast especially, is very accurately represented. This is not the case with the American westcoast, where California has been represented as an island.