A hand-colored double-page engraved map of the Americas, depicting North America and South America. California is shown as a large island. The map is adorned with two ornate cartouches: the top-left one is held by two winged figures and contains a brief history of the discovery of America; the bottom-left one is a monument-style title cartouche surrounded by indigenous figures, parrots, snakes, and other exotic flora and fauna. The oceans are filled with illustrations of sailing ships and sea monsters. Geographic lines such as the Equator and the Tropics are clearly marked and labeled.

first discovered by Christopher Columbus of Genoa, in the name of the King of Castile in the year 1492. Then it derived its name from Amerigo Vespucci in the year 1499. Which Ferdinand Magellan later first circumnavigated in the year 1520, and Francis Drake the Englishman in the year 1577, Thomas Cavendish in the year 1587, Oliver van Noort of Amsterdam in the year 1598, Joris van Spilbergen in the year 1614, Jacob le Maire in the year 1616, and others.

DESCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE OF AMERICA.