Atlantis Insula à Nicolao Sanson Antiquitati Restituta: Nunc Demum Majori Formâ Delineata, et in Decem Regna, Iuxtá Decem Neptuni Filios Distributa: Praeterea Insulae, Nostraeq[ue] Continentis Regiones Quibus Imperavere Atlantici Reges: Aut Quas Armis Tentavere ex Conatibus Geographicis
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- 1690
- Description
A mysterious mixture of mythology, ancient geography, and late 17th century knowledge of the American coastline. This map shows North and South America, but here described as the mythical Island of Atlantis. The coastlines are fairly accurate, and the continents are drawn to mimic the curve of the earth, rather than laid flat. Sanson marks few place names beyond Mexico City and Cuzco (shown pictorially) but subdivides the Americas into ten regions named after the sons of Neptune. The Great Lakes are shown, though half of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan are left incomplete. California is shown as an island. Blocks of descriptive texts explain the land and regions. Illustrations of Neptune riding a sea shell chariot with his sons adorns the title cartouche.
- Creator
Sanson, Guillaume
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Collection
- Maps Collection
- Publisher
- Apud autorem in aedibus regiis
- Format
- Reference Map
- Language
- Latin
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- Sanson, Guillaume. Atlantis Insula à Nicolao Sanson Antiquitati Restituta: Nunc Demum Majori Formâ Delineata, et in Decem Regna, Iuxtá Decem Neptuni Filios Distributa: Praeterea Insulae, Nostraeq[ue] Continentis Regiones Quibus Imperavere Atlantici Reges: Aut Quas Armis Tentavere ex Conatibus Geographicis. 1690. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/17154. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Sanson, Guillaume, (1690) Atlantis Insula à Nicolao Sanson Antiquitati Restituta: Nunc Demum Majori Formâ Delineata, et in Decem Regna, Iuxtá Decem Neptuni Filios Distributa: Praeterea Insulae, Nostraeq[ue] Continentis Regiones Quibus Imperavere Atlantici Reges: Aut Quas Armis Tentavere ex Conatibus Geographicis. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/17154
- MLA citation style
- Sanson, Guillaume. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/17154>.