Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula. a Pet: Kaerio( 4th State) by van den Keere, Pieter (1571-ca.1646), copied after Blaeu, Willem (1571-1638) - 1637
by van den Keere, Pieter (1571-ca.1646), copied after Blaeu, Willem (1571-1638)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula. a Pet: Kaerio( 4th State)
by van den Keere, Pieter (1571-ca.1646), copied after Blaeu, Willem (1571-1638)
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Amsterdam: Jan Jansson (d.1664) and Henricus Hondius in the Atlantis Maioris Appendix, 1637. A SPECTACULARLY RARE MAP OF THE WORLD BY PIETER VAN DEN KEERE Copperplate engraving with original hand-color Paper size: 19 3/8" x 22 3/4"; framed size: 28 7/8" x 32 1/4" Reference: Rodney W. Shirley, The Mapping of the World (London, 1983), p283. This exceptionally rare map was copied after Willem Blaeu and is a supreme example of the mapmaker's art with a carte-a-figures border depicting allegorical representations of the sun, moon, and the five known planets, the four elements and the four seasons. . Book.
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- Book Condition Used
- Publisher Jan Jansson (d.1664) and Henricus Hondius in the Atlantis Maioris Appendix
- Place of Publication Amsterdam
- Date Published 1637
- Keywords Maps, Mapmaking, Cartography, seven wonders of the World, World Maps