1597 Cornelis Wytfliet Early Antique Map of Florida, Louisiana, North America France From now on a ring

From now on a ring of forts were to be built at a spacing that would allow them to effectively cover the intervals between them

renaming the county Zicheng

The woodblock map is elegantly engraved in the style of copper engravings

with German text & page number 39A on the verso

noting the level of incredible and specific detail of the map

1597 Cornelis Wytfliet Early Antique Map of Florida, Louisiana, North America France From now on a ringTitle : Florida et Apalche Size: 15in x 12in (380mm x 305mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1597 Ref #: 41717 Description: A fine original antique, and incredibly important map of the southern United States, one of only 3 maps printed prior to 1600, to depict this area with any accuracy, was published by Cornelis van Wytfliet in the 1597 edition of Descriptionis Ptolemaicae Augmentum. Wytfliet copied information from the Abraham Ortelius 1584