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Gerardus Mercator Natus Rupelmundae III ... Iudocus Hondius Natus In Pago Flandriae ...
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Gerardus Mercator Natus...
1623
10534.007
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Gerardus Mercator Natus Rupelmundae III ... Iudocus Hondius Natus In Pago Flandriae ...
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10534.007
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Portraits of Mercator and Hondius.
Covers: Atlas / Sive / Cosmographicae
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1623
10534.001
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(Covers to) Gerardi Mercatoris / Atlas / sive / Cosmographicae / Meditationes / de / Fabrica Mundi Et / Fabricati Fi-gura. / Denuo auctus / Editio Quinta / Excusum Cane Vigilanti Sumptibus et typis aeneis Henrici Hondij, Amsterodami An. D. 1623.
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10534.001
Title: Atlas / Sive / Cosmographicae
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1623
10534.002
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(Title page to) Gerardi Mercatoris / Atlas / sive / Cosmographicae / Meditationes / de / Fabrica Mundi Et / Fabricati Fi-gura. / Denuo auctus / Editio Quinta / Excusum Cane Vigilanti Sumptibus et typis aeneis Henrici Hondij, Amsterodami An. D. 1623.
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10534.002
Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio Quam ex Magna Universali.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Orbis Terrae Compendios...
1623
10534.027
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[Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612, Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651]
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Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio Quam ex Magna Universali.
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10534.027
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1587 first issue. In this 1607 issue there is no text on the bottom and all text is on the verso. Earlier editions have text below the map.
Europa, ad magnae Europae.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Europa, ad magnae Europ...
1623
10534.029
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Europa, ad magnae Europae. Gerardi Mercatoris P. imitationem, Rumoldi Mercatoris F. cura edita, servato tamen initio longitudinis ex ratione magnetis, quod Pater inmagna sua universiµi prosuit. Duysburgi Clivorum typis aeneis.
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10534.029
Nova Europae Descriptio
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Nova Europae Descriptio
1623
10534.031
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Nova Europae Descriptio
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10534.031
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Verso blank.
Africa Ex magna orbis terre descriptione.
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Africa Ex magna orbis t...
1623
10534.033
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Africa Ex magna orbis terre descriptione. Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta, Studio & Iunioris. Cum Privilegio.
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10534.033
Asia ex magna orbis terre descriptione.
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Asia ex magna orbis ter...
1623
10534.035
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Asia ex magna orbis terre descriptione. industria G.M. [76] Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta studio et industria G.M. Iunioris. Cum Privilegio. [
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10534.035
America sive India Nova.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
America sive India Nova...
1623
10534.037
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America sive India Nova. ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris avi Universalis imitationem in compendium redacta. Per Michaelem Mercatorem Duysburgensem. .
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10534.037
Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. Per Gerardum Mercatorem Cum Privilegio
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Septentrionalium Terrar...
1623
10534.039
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Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. Per Gerardum Mercatorem Cum Privilegio
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10534.039
Islandia. Per Gerardum Metcatorem Cum Privilegio.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Islandia. Per Gerardum ...
1623
10534.041
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Islandia. Per Gerardum Metcatorem Cum Privilegio.
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10534.041
Anglia, Scotia et Hibernia.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Anglia, Scotia et Hiber...
1623
10534.043
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Anglia, Scotia et Hibernia.
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10534.043
Nova Africae Tabula. Auctore Jodoco Hondio Excusum in aedibus Auctoris Amsterodami.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Nova Africae Tabula. Au...
1623
10534.321
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Nova Africae Tabula. Auctore Jodoco Hondio Excusum in aedibus Auctoris Amsterodami.
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10534.321
Asiae Nova Descriptio. Auctore Jodoco Hondio In Asia primi parentes nostri Adamus et Eva a Deo conditi: ... Excusum in aedibus auctoris. Anian Fretum et Fretum Joanis Davis ...
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Asiae Nova Descriptio. ...
1623
10534.331
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Asiae Nova Descriptio. Auctore Jodoco Hondio In Asia primi parentes nostri Adamus et Eva a Deo conditi: ... Excusum in aedibus auctoris. Anian Fretum et Fretum Joanis Davis ...
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10534.331
Turcici lmperii Imago.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Turcici lmperii Imago.
1623
10534.333
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Turcici lmperii Imago.
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10534.333
China.
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China.
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10534.345
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China.
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10534.345
India Orientalis
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India Orientalis
1623
10534.347
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India Orientalis
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laponia
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laponia
1623
10534.351
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laponia
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10534.351
America. Jodocus Hondius excudit Amsterodami. Inset: Modus conficiendi et bibendi potum ... illustration.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
America. Jodocus Hondiu...
1623
10534.355
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America. Jodocus Hondius excudit Amsterodami. Inset: Modus conficiendi et bibendi potum ... illustration.
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10534.355
Hispaniae Novae Nova Descriptio.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Hispaniae Novae Nova De...
1623
10534.357
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Hispaniae Novae Nova Descriptio.
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10534.357
Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Virginiae Item et Flori...
1623
10534.359
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Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio.
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10534.359
America Meridionalis. Inset: Cusco metropolis Peru plan.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
America Meridionalis. I...
1623
10534.363
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America Meridionalis. Inset: Cusco metropolis Peru plan.
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10534.363
Exquisita & magno aliquot mensium periculo lustrata ct iam retecta Freti Magellanici Facies. Eijgentlicke afbeeldinghe der Magellanischer Strate die nu met veel gevaers ettelijekc. Maenden doonsien, van nieus ondeckt is
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Exquisita & magno aliqu...
1623
10534.365
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Exquisita & magno aliquot mensium periculo lustrata ct iam retecta Freti Magellanici Facies. Eijgentlicke afbeeldinghe der Magellanischer Strate die nu met veel gevaers ettelijekc. Maenden doonsien, van nieus ondeckt is. Inset: Dese Eijlanden die in gheene Pascaerten aengeteeckent bevonden en worden, Liggen van d'incomste der Strate Magellani O.N.O. verscheijden 50 mijlen op de hoochde van 5I graden.
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10534.365
Covers: Atlas / Sive / Cosmographicae
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Covers: Atlas / Sive / ...
1607
10501.001
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[Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612]
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(Covers to) Gerardi Mercatoris / Atlas / Sive / Cosmographicae / Meditationes /De/ Fabrica Mundi Et/ Fabricati Figura. lam tandem ad finem perductus, quamplurimis aeneis tabulis Hispaniae, Africae, Asiae et Americae auctus ac illustratus a Iudoco Hondio. Quibus etiam additae (praeter Mercatoris) dilucidae et accuratae omnium tabularum descriptiones novae, studio et opera Pet. Montani. Editio Secunda qua et ampliores descriptiones et novae Tabulae Geographicae accesserunt. Excusum ... Cornelij Nicolai Amstelreodami, 1607.
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10501.001
Title: Atlas / Sive / Cosmographicae
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Title: Atlas / Sive / C...
1607
10501.002
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(Title page to) Gerardi Mercatoris / Atlas / Sive / Cosmographicae / Meditationes /De/ Fabrica Mundi Et/ Fabricati Figura. lam tandem ad finem perductus, quamplurimis aeneis tabulis Hispaniae, Africae, Asiae et Americae auctus ac illustratus a Iudoco Hondio. Quibus etiam additae (praeter Mercatoris) dilucidae et accuratae omnium tabularum descriptiones novae, studio et opera Pet. Montani. Editio Secunda qua et ampliores descriptiones et novae Tabulae Geographicae accesserunt. Excusum ... Cornelij Nicolai Amstelreodami, 1607.
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10501.002
Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio Quam ex Magna Universali.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Orbis Terrae Compendios...
1607
10501.044
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[Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612, Mercator, Rumold, approximately 1545-1599]
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Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio Quam ex Magna Universali.
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10501.044
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1587 first issue. In this 1607 issue there is no text on the bottom and all text is on the verso. Earlier editions have text below the map.
Europa, ad magnae Europae.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Europa, ad magnae Europ...
1607
10501.047
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Europa, ad magnae Europae. Gerardi Mercatoris P. imitationem, Rumoldi Mercatoris F. cura edita, servato tamen initio longitudinis ex ratione magnetis, quod Pater inmagna sua universiµi prosuit. Duysburgi Clivorum typis aeneis.
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10501.047
Nova Europae Descriptio
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Nova Europae Descriptio
1607
10501.050
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Nova Europae Descriptio
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10501.050
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Verso blank.
Africa Ex magna orbis terre descriptione.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Africa Ex magna orbis t...
1607
10501.052
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Africa Ex magna orbis terre descriptione. Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta, Studio & Iunioris. Cum Privilegio.
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10501.052
Asia ex magna orbis terre descriptione.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Asia ex magna orbis ter...
1607
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Asia ex magna orbis terre descriptione. industria G.M. [76] Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta studio et industria G.M. Iunioris. Cum Privilegio. [
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10501.055
America sive India Nova.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
America sive India Nova...
1607
10501.058
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America sive India Nova. ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris avi Universalis imitationem in compendium redacta. Per Michaelem Mercatorem Duysburgensem. .
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10501.058
Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. Per Gerardum Mercatorem Cum Privilegio
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Septentrionalium Terrar...
1607
10501.061
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Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. Per Gerardum Mercatorem Cum Privilegio
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10501.061
Islandia. Per Gerardum Metcatorem Cum Privilegio.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Islandia. Per Gerardum ...
1607
10501.064
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Islandia. Per Gerardum Metcatorem Cum Privilegio.
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10501.064
Anglia, Scotia et Hibernia.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Anglia, Scotia et Hiber...
1607
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Anglia, Scotia et Hibernia.
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10501.067
Nova Africae Tabula. Auctore Jodoco Hondio Excusum in aedibus Auctoris Amsterodami.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Nova Africae Tabula. Au...
1607
10501.452
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Nova Africae Tabula. Auctore Jodoco Hondio Excusum in aedibus Auctoris Amsterodami.
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10501.452
Asiae Nova Descriptio. Auctore Jodoco Hondio In Asia primi parentes nostri Adamus et Eva a Deo conditi: ... Excusum in aedibus auctoris. Anian Fretum et Fretum Joanis Davis ...
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Asiae Nova Descriptio. ...
1607
10501.466
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Asiae Nova Descriptio. Auctore Jodoco Hondio In Asia primi parentes nostri Adamus et Eva a Deo conditi: ... Excusum in aedibus auctoris. Anian Fretum et Fretum Joanis Davis ...
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10501.466
China.
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China.
1607
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China.
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India Orientalis
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India Orientalis
1607
10501.490
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India Orientalis
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10501.490
laponia
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laponia
1607
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laponia
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America. Jodocus Hondius excudit Amsterodami. Inset: Modus conficiendi et bibendi potum ... illustration.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
America. Jodocus Hondiu...
1607
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America. Jodocus Hondius excudit Amsterodami. Inset: Modus conficiendi et bibendi potum ... illustration.
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10501.502
Hispaniae Novae Nova Descriptio.
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Hispaniae Novae Nova De...
1607
10501.505
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Hispaniae Novae Nova Descriptio.
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10501.505
Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio.
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Virginiae Item et Flori...
1607
10501.508
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Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio.
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10501.508
Exquisita & magno aliquot mensium periculo lustrata ct iam retecta Freti Magellanici Facies. Eijgentlicke afbeeldinghe der Magellanischer Strate die nu met veel gevaers ettelijekc. Maenden doonsien, van nieus ondeckt is
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512...
Exquisita & magno aliqu...
1607
10501.517
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Exquisita & magno aliquot mensium periculo lustrata ct iam retecta Freti Magellanici Facies. Eijgentlicke afbeeldinghe der Magellanischer Strate die nu met veel gevaers ettelijekc. Maenden doonsien, van nieus ondeckt is. Inset: Dese Eijlanden die in gheene Pascaerten aengeteeckent bevonden en worden, Liggen van d'incomste der Strate Magellani O.N.O. verscheijden 50 mijlen op de hoochde van 5I graden.
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10501.517
Title: (Klencke Atlas).
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673;...
Title: (Klencke Atlas).
1660
10151.002
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[Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673, Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612, Visscher, Claes Jansz, Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638, Tassin, Christophe Nicolas]
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(Title page to) (Klencke Atlas). Orbis Terræ Compendium, Carolo Secundo dedicatum a I. Kliencke (a Collection of Maps by Blaeu, Hondius, Visscher, &c.)
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10151.002
[Eastern Hemisphere]
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
[Eastern Hemisphere]
1648
10151.004
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Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
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[Eastern Hemisphere]
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10151.004
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Description in a cartouche in the bottom right of the globe. 1 map : copperplate engraving on 12 sheets, hand colour. Dates estimated. This circular map filled the right half of Blaeu's enormous world map, which was published under the title 'Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula'. Although undated, the dedication to Gaspar de Bracamonte Guzmán, a Spanish representative at the Treaty of Westphalia, probably places the publication sometime around the conclusion of the treaty in 1648. As new information continued to arrive the map was revised multiple times, producing at least four different states. This is an impression of the first, pulled before Blaeu made major revisions to the depiction of China. As published, Blaeu's two maps were framed in a border filled with smaller terrestrial and astrological maps. Judging from the extant copies, the two hemispheres were often extracted from the map and, in this case, presented as separate sheets. In doing so, however, the compilers of the Klencke Atlas reversed the order in which the hemispheres are presented on Blaeu's sheet, presumably to give precedence to Europe.
[Western Hemisphere]
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673,...
[Western Hemisphere]
1648
10151.005
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Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673, cartographer, publisher.
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[Western Hemisphere]
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10151.005
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1 map : copperplate engraving on 12 sheets, hand colour. Description in a cartouche in the bottom left of the globe. This circular map filled the left half of Blaeu's enormous terrestrial wall map, which was published under the title 'Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula'. Although undated, the dedication to Gaspar de Bracamonte Guzmán, a Spanish representative at the Treaty of Westphalia, probably places the publication sometime around the conclusion of that treaty in 1648. As new geographical information continued to arrive in the Netherlands the map was revised multiple times, resulting in at least four different states. This is an impression of the first, pulled before Blaeu made major revisions to the other half of the plate. As published, Blaeu's two maps were framed in a border filled with smaller terrestrial and astrological maps. The two hemispheres were often extracted and presented as separate sheets, however, and in this case as individual pages of an atlas. In doing so, however, the compilers of the Klencke Atlas reversed the order in which the hemispheres are presented on Blaeu's sheet, presumably to give precedence to Europe.
Europæ Nova Descriptio.
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Europæ Nova Descriptio.
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10151.006
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Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
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Europæ Nova Descriptio.
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10151.006
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1 map : copperplate engraving on 6 sheets, hand colour. Dedication to the civic council of Amsterdam in the top left corner, in a small cartouche supporting the city's arms. Cartouche at the left, explaining the methods used to calculate distance. Title at the bottom left, on a tablet surmounted with an allegorical figure of Europe, and flanked at the sides by the reclining gods of the Danube and Rhine, around whom are gathered representatives of various professions, including soldiers, burghers, scholars, sailors, labourers, and, at the right, cartographers. Note on the measurement of longitude at the right, in between an armilliary sphere and a small circular world map (centered on Europe and Africa). Map framed by three country-by-country descriptions of Europe, in Latin (left), Dutch (bottom) and French (right).
Asiæ Descriptio Novissima.
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Asiæ Descriptio Novissi...
1659
10151.007
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Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
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Asiæ Descriptio Novissima.
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10151.007
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1 map : copperplate engraving on 6 sheets, hand colour. Title in the upper left corner of the map, in the central compartment of a cartouche illustrating a personification of Asia at the top, costume studies at the sides, and two unnamed river gods at the bottom. Information on measurements in the bottom left. Map framed by three descriptions of Asia in Latin (left), Dutch (bottom) and French (right), titled 'NOVA ASIÆ DESCRIPTIO', 'BESCHRYVINGE VAN ASIA', and 'Nouvelle Description de toute L'ASIE.' Each text ends with the imprint of Jodocus Hondius.
Archipelagus Orientalis, Sive Asiaticus.
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Archipelagus Orientalis...
1659
10151.008
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Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
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Archipelagus Orientalis, Sive Asiaticus.
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1 map : copperplate engraving on 6 sheets, hand colour. Two inset maps in the bottom left corner, of the Bonin (?) and Solomon Islands. Title at the bottom, on a tablet surmounted with a personification of Asia (?), below which two unnamed river gods lie in front of animals and small groups of standing figures in local costume. Map framed by three descriptions of Southeast Asia in Latin (left), Dutch (bottom) and French (right), each ending with the imprint of Jodocus Hondius. Notes on measurements in a cartouche to the right of the title group, with Blaeu's signature below.
Novissima Africæ Descriptio.
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673;...
Novissima Africæ Descri...
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[Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673, Blommaert, Samuel, 1583-1651]
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Novissima Africæ Descriptio.
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10151.009
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1 map : copperplate engraving on 6 sheets, hand colour. Method of distance calculation presented in a cartouche in the top right. Small fictive sheet in the bottom left, held above the waves by sea putti, carrying an acknowledgement to Samuel Blommaert for information about the Cabo Blanco and Cabo Negro (Angola). Title in the bottom right, on a cartouche surmounted with a personification of Africa, and flanked by two river gods and various figures in regional dress (North African at the left, Sub-Saharan at the right). Map framed by three descriptions of the continent, in Latin (left), Dutch (bottom) and French (right), each ending with the imprint of Jodocus Hondius. Samuel Blommaert served three terms as director of the Dutch West India Company, and he also oversaw voyages to North America and Africa. His papers proved to be a fruitful source of information about the west coast of Africa, and even after his death in 1651 he continued to be credited by cartographers, particularly for supplying details about the two capes mentioned by Blaeu in his acknowledgement (for a similar posthumous note see Maps K.Top.117.30.). Among the numerous animals depicted in the African interior are two rhinoceros based on Albrecht Dürer's famously misleading woodcut, which for centuries remained the stock image of the animal.
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