World map from a fine copy of John Seller’s Atlas Maritimus..

Slightly shaved at the lower margin, this is the world map from a fine copy of John Seller’s Atlas Maritimus.., which contains 20 double-page charts “describing the sea-coasts, capes... in most of the known parts of the world”.

Prompted by the need for English charts, Seller had begun work on his English Pilot in 1671 and in 1…

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