Eijgentlijcke afbeel­dinghe vande Eij­landen Hitlandt anders Scotlandt, Fu­lo, en̄ Faijerhil naer hare rechte gelegent­heijt ontworpen. = Vive pourtraic­ture des Isles Hitlande autre­ment dict Schet­lande, Fulo et Fe­ril, selon leurs vraijes situations. -- Pascaarte van­de Eijlanden van Fero ofte Farre, ver­toonende nae't leven de wōderlijcke gebrooc­kenheijt ende gestalte der selver, en watmen (in't beseijlen van­dien) aldaer te schouwē heeft. = Carte marine des Isles de Fe­ro ou Farre, mon­trant au vif la si­tuation merveilleuse et entrervmpue des­dictes Isles, et tout ce qu' il ÿ a (en les navigeant) a eviter.

• Main Author: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1619
• Subjects: Nautical Charts; Faroe Islands
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Two nautical charts, first showing the Shetland Islands (Scotland); second showing the Faroe Islands (Denmark). Parallel titles appears in Dutch and French, translating (loosely) to: Portrait of the Shetland Islands . -- Nautical chart of the Faroe Islands . Charts feature cities, roads, ports, topography, coastlines, shoals, islands, anchorage, soundings and ships. Relief shown pictorially. Each include three bar scales, rhumb lines and compass roses, with north oriented toward right. Decorative cartouches. Black and white engraving. Each chart is 25 x 28 cm, together on double sheet 26 x 58 cm. Charts appear 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 containing navigational instructions for specific sections of coastline, accompanied by a finely engraved coastal chart for each section. Map ...