A second state dated 1665, the year of Stent’s death from the plague, is also known in just two examples. One survives in the Huntington Library, bound into an example of Robert Fage’s
‘Cosmographie’ (1671), and one in private hands. A third state exists issued by 

 in 1670. Shirley mis-identified this as a separate plate.

While it has been noted that this map resembles the world map published by Speed in 1626, the image of Australia also more closely resembles the shape of the continent as it appears on maps today. Australia also reflects additions found in Stent’s earlier map of 1657 that is similarly rare, and which cites Johannes Blaeu as the source for his material.

Double-page engraved copperplate double-hemisphere map of the world, with vignettes of alternative projections.

This is one of only two known examples of this exceptionally rare first issue of 

’s map of the world. At first glance, it is very similar to 

’s map of the world of 1626, but contains subtle differences. The four scenes representing the elements – water, earth, fire, and air – are all new, their origin unidentified. The two polar charts of the heavens are omitted also. The four corner images relating to the heavens remain unaltered as do the portraits of the four circumnavigators, Magellan, Drake, Cavendish, and Oliver van Noort. The three legends in the cartouche on the map are all slightly rewritten.

Stent was England’s most notable printsellers. By 1642 he ran his own print making shop in London at Newgate. He owned a large and diverse stock of material, and the present map of the world appeared in his advertisements for 1662 and 1663.

One of only two known examples of this exceptionally rare first issue of 

’s map of the world. At first glance, very similar to 

’s map of the world, but on closer inspection, with subtle differences.

Stent's Rare Map of the World