Nicolai's New World Map
Nouveau Monde. Nicolas de Nicolai (1517-1583). Engraved Map. Amsterdam, 1602. 12 x 15 1/2 inches sheet. An essential map for early American map collectors. Important early map of the New World and the Atlantic Ocean, engraved by Nicolas de Nicolai, the French Royal Geographer in the mid-16th Century. De Nicolai's map is one of the earliest maps of America to accurately report a number of the earliest contemporary discoveries. It is also based on the earliest map of America published in France.
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Nouveau Monde. Nicolas de Nicolai (1517-1583). Engraved Map. Amsterdam, 1602. 12 x 15 1/2 inches sheet. An essential map for early American map collectors. Important early map of the New World and the Atlantic Ocean, engraved by Nicolas de Nicolai, the French Royal Geographer in the mid-16th Century. De Nicolai's map is one of the earliest maps of America to accurately report a number of the earliest contemporary discoveries. It is also based on the earliest map of America published in France.