World maps: Mappa Geographica Universalis in Plano et Figura Quadrata
Bibliographic details
- Mapmaker: Heinrich Scherer (1628–1704)
- Date: 1703
- Scale: c. 1:250,000,000
- Source: Bodleian Libraries / shelfmark: (E) B1 (672)
- URL: The Map Room, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
- © Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, 2010
"This small world map on a cylindrical projection is from Scherer's Atlas Novus. It depicts the known extent of the world, with part of New Holland (Australia) at the lower right. The Arctic and Antarctica were largely unexplored at this time" (The Map Room, Bodleian Libraries).