(World) Werreldt Kaert Featured A great engraving

A great engraving

the relative time zones weren't really a focus or a practical need

it collapsed in what is remembered as the “South Se Bubble”

This is the first map to note the “Three Sisters” peaks east of Eugene whose original naming is attributed to the members of the Methodist Mission that settled in the area in the 1840s

Jeffreys Geographer to His Majesty

(World) Werreldt Kaert Featured A great engraving(World) Werreldt Kaert "Werreld Kaert" from 1718, when the best knowledge about the world at the time could be met with a sense of presentation. Shows the continents pretty well defined with interiors yet to be grasped. Australia is a primitive coast with an apparent land bridge to New Guinea. Also shows California as an island. This map includes surrounding cartouche appears themed around the old standard elements of "Fire, Air, Earth, Water".