Antique 1660 World Map by Frederick de Wit Schürze

Frederick de Wit: Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula auctore. A very beautiful and detailed map, with intricate border detail an many small insets of characters and charts such as sea monsters, a chariot pulled by horses or hippocampi, a cornucopia, maps of the northern and southern celestial spheres with their constellations, zodiac signs around the sun, personifications of the four elements, air, fire, earth, and water. Also includes two views of the movements of the planets.