Caption:
Female personification of Geography on triumphal chariot drawn by lions. Personifications of the continents America, Africa, Asia and Europe with their attributes, such as dromedary and elephant, walk along. Notable is the attribute of America, at her feet walks an armadillo instead of the more usual crocodile or caiman. Small angels in the air hold a cloth with the title of the edition, Female personification of Geography on triumphal chariot and continents America, Africa, Asia and Europe Title page for: Joan Blaeu, Geographia, qva est Cosmographia Blaviana pars prima, Amsterdam 1665 Geographia Blaviana (title on object), print maker: Cornelis van Dalen (II), Govert Flinck, (possibly), print maker: Jan de Visscher, (rejected attribution), Amsterdam, 1648 - 1664 and/or 1665, paper, engraving, h 474 mm × w 306 mm