Nova et accvrata Poli Arctici : et terrarum circum Iacentium descriptio. Amstelodami : Apud Ioannem Ianssonium. (to accompany) Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nico. Visscher. 1690. (half title page) Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum.
Hand colored in outline map of the North Polar regions, including Arctic North America, Scandinavia and northern Asia. Includes decorative cartouches, compass roses, vignettes of ships and Linea sub circulo Arctico. Showing cities and towns,waterways, ports, lakes and mountains. Relief shown pictori...
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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:N/A:RUMSEY~8~1~301180~90072176 2024-09-09T19:23:00+00:00 Nova et accvrata Poli Arctici : et terrarum circum Iacentium descriptio. Amstelodami : Apud Ioannem Ianssonium. (to accompany) Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nico. Visscher. 1690. (half title page) Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nico. Visscher. Amst: Bat: Ger: de Lairesse delin: & Sculp. Amsterdami. Apud Nicolaum Visscher cum privil: ordin: general: Belgii Foederati. 1690. (half title page) Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum, per Paucas Attamen Novissimas Tabulas Ostenditur. Amstelaedami, ex Officina Nicolai Visscher. Nova et accurata Poli Arctici Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702. Jansson, Johannes, 1588-1664 Arctic Regions Arctic 1690 Full Image Download in JP2 Format 41 52 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~301180~90072176 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/171/11755006.jpg unknown Nicolai Visscher Amsterdam 11755.000 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~301180~90072176 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/171/11755006.jpg 11755.006 World Atlas Atlas Map 1690 ftdavidrumseyc 2024-08-09T09:16:21Z Hand colored in outline map of the North Polar regions, including Arctic North America, Scandinavia and northern Asia. Includes decorative cartouches, compass roses, vignettes of ships and Linea sub circulo Arctico. Showing cities and towns,waterways, ports, lakes and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. Seventeenth century atlas of the World by Nicholas Visscher. With Engraved allegorical title page, on sheet 51x31, printed in full color, followed by letterpress half title page. Consists of 127 engraved maps, hand-colored in outline and full, with elegant title cartouche. Visscher is well-known for the depth of accuracy within his maps, and for embellishing the maps' beauty further with small detailing. This work is known for the high quality of engraving, exceptionally fine ornament, and accurate geographical information. His true innovation lies in his rendering of the New World, where he added small variations to the still widely unknown North American coastlines. About 1690 Visscher retouched the old plate of N.J. Visscher, by adding the city of Philadelphia and the name of the state Pennsylvania. Majority of the maps are published by Visscher with additional maps by several other mapmakers. The Atlas Minor is a fine and comprehensive composite atlas, and one of a series of large atlases compiled and sold by the Visscher family of art dealers and cartographers in the 17th century. Koeman Vis 12, P. 169-170. Koeman Vis 19, P. 169-170. But our copy is circa 1690. Map Arctic David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) Arctic |
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Hand colored in outline map of the North Polar regions, including Arctic North America, Scandinavia and northern Asia. Includes decorative cartouches, compass roses, vignettes of ships and Linea sub circulo Arctico. Showing cities and towns,waterways, ports, lakes and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. Seventeenth century atlas of the World by Nicholas Visscher. With Engraved allegorical title page, on sheet 51x31, printed in full color, followed by letterpress half title page. Consists of 127 engraved maps, hand-colored in outline and full, with elegant title cartouche. Visscher is well-known for the depth of accuracy within his maps, and for embellishing the maps' beauty further with small detailing. This work is known for the high quality of engraving, exceptionally fine ornament, and accurate geographical information. His true innovation lies in his rendering of the New World, where he added small variations to the still widely unknown North American coastlines. About 1690 Visscher retouched the old plate of N.J. Visscher, by adding the city of Philadelphia and the name of the state Pennsylvania. Majority of the maps are published by Visscher with additional maps by several other mapmakers. The Atlas Minor is a fine and comprehensive composite atlas, and one of a series of large atlases compiled and sold by the Visscher family of art dealers and cartographers in the 17th century. Koeman Vis 12, P. 169-170. Koeman Vis 19, P. 169-170. But our copy is circa 1690. |
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Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702. Jansson, Johannes, 1588-1664 Nova et accvrata Poli Arctici : et terrarum circum Iacentium descriptio. Amstelodami : Apud Ioannem Ianssonium. (to accompany) Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nico. Visscher. 1690. (half title page) Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum. |
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Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702. Jansson, Johannes, 1588-1664 |
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Nova et accvrata Poli Arctici : et terrarum circum Iacentium descriptio. Amstelodami : Apud Ioannem Ianssonium. (to accompany) Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nico. Visscher. 1690. (half title page) Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum. |
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Nova et accvrata Poli Arctici : et terrarum circum Iacentium descriptio. Amstelodami : Apud Ioannem Ianssonium. (to accompany) Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nico. Visscher. 1690. (half title page) Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum. |
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Nova et accvrata Poli Arctici : et terrarum circum Iacentium descriptio. Amstelodami : Apud Ioannem Ianssonium. (to accompany) Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nico. Visscher. 1690. (half title page) Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum. |
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Nova et accvrata Poli Arctici : et terrarum circum Iacentium descriptio. Amstelodami : Apud Ioannem Ianssonium. (to accompany) Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nico. Visscher. 1690. (half title page) Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum. |
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Nova et accvrata Poli Arctici : et terrarum circum Iacentium descriptio. Amstelodami : Apud Ioannem Ianssonium. (to accompany) Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nico. Visscher. 1690. (half title page) Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum. |
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nova et accvrata poli arctici : et terrarum circum iacentium descriptio. amstelodami : apud ioannem ianssonium. (to accompany) atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus nico. visscher. 1690. (half title page) atlas minor sive geographia compendiosa, qua orbis terrarum. |
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