Pascaarte vande witte zee, vertoon ende de rechte gheleghentheijt vande zeecusten, mitsgaders aller Havenen, Inwijcken, Eylanden, ende Rivierē aldaer gheleghen, alles op rechte streckingē en wijdde van mijlē gestelt. = Carte marine de la Mer blanche, monstrant la situation des costes, ensemble touts Goulfes, Isles, et Rivieres d'icelles, le tout dressé selō ses vraijes routes et distāces.
Nautical chart showing the White Sea. Parallel titles appears in Dutch and French, translating (loosely) to: Nautical chart of the White Sea, showing the coasts, gulfs, islands and Rivers . Features cities, roads, ports, topography, coastlines, shoals, islands, anchorage, soundings, ships and a sea...
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| Summary: | Nautical chart showing the White Sea. Parallel titles appears in Dutch and French, translating (loosely) to: Nautical chart of the White Sea, showing the coasts, gulfs, islands and Rivers . Features cities, roads, ports, topography, coastlines, shoals, islands, anchorage, soundings, ships and a sea monster. Relief shown pictorially. Includes three bar scales, rhumb lines and compass roses, with north oriented toward lower left. Decorative cartouches. With inset map: Afbeeldinghe vande Riviere vā Archangel vande mont af totte Stadt Archāgel ofte S. Michiel toe. = Pourtraict au vif de la Riviere d'Archangel, de l'embouchure dicel le iusques a la ville de S. Michael. Black and white engraving. Chart is 25 x 55 cm, on double sheet 26 x 58 cm. Appears in "Tvveede boeck" of atlas. Het Licht der Zee-vaert, by Willem Blaeu; published in Amsterdam, 1620. Title translates to: The light of the sea. This chart atlas was Blaeu's first atlas. Initially published in 1608, this is the fifth Dutch edition with 38 (of 42) maps. Oblong quarto. Engraved title, engraved frontispiece, 38 mostly double-page engraved charts (of 42, lacking 4 maps of Denmark), woodcut illustrations and diagrams within the text, 1 with volvelle (lacking 1), letterpress tables within decorative woodcut borders. Volume comprised of 261 woodcut coastal profiles in the text, illustrations, tables and charts. Recent fine full calf binding with richly gilt spine in compartments. Collation: Engraved title, (2), engraved frontispiece, 54 pp. (A4-F4, G2) lacking 2 pages; (2, title to Eerste Boeck), [1-8], 9-119, (1 blank) pp. (2, title to Tvveede Boeck), 3-130, [131] pp. 38 engraved maps (lacking 4). Probably lacking 1 volvelle in the beginning. Lacking 4 maps of Denmark, numbers 21-22, 24-25. Het Licht der Zee-vaert was the first book produced by the Blaeu publishing house, heralding a golden age of atlas production, and survives in only a few copies. It is one of the most important Dutch pilot-guides. Blaeu's pilot books were divided into chapters, each ... |
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