1597 Cornelis Wytfliet Early Antique Map of Florida, Louisiana, North America France The woodblock map is elegantly

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

renaming the county Zicheng

Prevost\'s squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)

noting the level of incredible and specific detail of the map

together with the title of countess of St Quentin

1597 Cornelis Wytfliet Early Antique Map of Florida, Louisiana, North America France The woodblock map is elegantlyTitle : 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