Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula / auct. Guiljelmo Blaeuw ; Ja. vanden Ende sculpsit.

Author
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
Amsterodami : Gulielmus Blaeuw, [1630?]
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:78,000,000]. (W 180°00ʹ00ʺ--E 180°00ʹ00ʺ/N 90°00ʹ00ʺ--S 90°00ʹ00ʺ).
  • 1 map : hand col. ; 29 x 43 cm.

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Notes
  • Relief shown pictorially.
  • Map within illustrative border depicting the 7 planets, the 7 wonders of the world, the 4 elements and the 4 seasons.
  • Includes inset maps of the north and south polar regions and 3 ornamental cartouches.
Source acquisition
Historic Maps copy is gift of Holly and Henry Wendt, Princeton Class of 1955.
References
  • Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world 255 (State 4)
  • Wendt, H. Envisioning the world 22
OCLC
72472559
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