(Text Page to) Capittel XIII. Beschryvinghe der See-custen van Noorweghen, van Berghen ofte Ieltefoort af tot de Noord-caep. (1)

• Main Author: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1619
• Subjects: North Cape
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Thirteenth chapter to "Tvveede boeck" - second book - of Het Licht der Zee-vaert. Title translates (loosely) to: Description of the sea coast of Norway, from Bergen down to the North Cape . Includes section: I. De ghelegentheydt tusschen de Waghe van Berghen ende den hoeck van Stadt. With historiated initial. Spans pages 89-98. 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 titles appeared in Dutch and French, with woodcut profile views illustrating the text. Blaeu included an editorial commentary at the beginning of the volume, condemning the generally held view of mariners that manuscript charts were better and more accurate than printed sea charts. Blaeu questioned the widely held ...