Keywords: 1775 Lotter Map of the World on a Hemisphere Projection - Geographicus - TotiusMundi-lotter-1775.jpg This is a stunning double hemisphere map of the world prepared by Guillaume de L ™Isle and published by Tobias Conrad Lotter in 1775 The map is based upon the remarkable work of Guillaume de L ™Isle Depicts the entire world on a hemisphere projection with two smaller hemispheres describing the Polar Regions In accordance with de L ™Isle ™s rather high minded perspective on speculative cartography this map shows considerable restraint with regard to unknown and unexplored regions - particularly the northwestern parts of America the northeastern parts of Asia and the Australian continent Unexplored areas are largely left blank A few interesting anomalies did however work their way into this map The most interesting of these is the depiction of Frislandia between Iceland and Greenland Frislandia not to be confused with Frisland on the European mainland is a Ghost Island that supposed appeared and disappeared on the horizon Most maps issued by 1750 or so abandoned this notion but as the legend and indeed this map attest the island does have a habit of reappearing On the opposite side of the world Japan is shown as a peninsula attached to the Asian Mainland of Yedso Further east the mythical land of Terre de la Compagnie is also noted To the south Van Diemen ™s Land or Tasmania make a cursory appearance as does Antarctica labeled Cap Terrae Australes Australia is shows attached to New Guinea New Zealand is not present Shows the Saragossa Sea Includes route markings delineating the explorations of Chaumont Magellan Tasmani Dampieri and Olivieri among others The top center is dominated by a large allegorical title cartouche in the baroque style with continents depicted as royalty 1775 dated Size in 25 5 18 object history credit line accession number TotiusMundi-lotter-1775 Geographicus-source PD-Art-100 Tobias Lotter 1775 maps 1770s maps of the world Old maps of Earth's hemispheres Double hemisphere world maps Old maps of the Arctic Old maps of Antarctica Maps in Latin |