Cornelis van Wytfliet (died around 1597) was a geographer from Leuven in the Habsburg Netherlands, best known for producing the Descriptionis Ptolemaicae augmentum sive Occidentis notitia brevis commentario, as a supplement to Ptolemy’s Geographia.
‘Descriptionis‘ was published in Leuven in 1597 and is considered the first atlas devoted exclusively to the New World. It featured nineteen maps: one world map and eighteen regional maps. The regional maps, in particular, are notable as early representations of specific areas of North and South America.
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Norumbega et Virginia 1597
- First state of Wytfliet's important map of the Mid-Atlantic Seaboard, derived from the first atlas to focus on mapping the New World.
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- California
Granata Nova et California
- One of the most fantastic and interesting early maps of California ever to be produced!
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- Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, East & Midwest United States, United States
Florida et Apalche
- The first great regional map of Florida and the Gulf Coast.
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- California
Granata Nova et California
- The first printed map to focus on California and the American Southwest, from the first atlas devoted entirely to maps of the Americas.
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- Pacific Northwest - Hawaii - Alaska
Limes Occidentis Quivira et Anian.
- The second printed map of northwest North America, including the Northwest Passage.
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