Regiones sub Polo Arctico
Engraved double-page map, contemporary handcoloring; dampstain in lower right corner affecting image, small tear in lower margin entering printed frame. This is the second state of the map in 1645, which bears a decorative dedication to Guilielmo Backer. Blaeu's beautifully engraved map of the...
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ftunivmiami:oai:digitalcollections.library.miami.edu:kis0001/3968 2023-05-15T14:43:52+02:00 Regiones sub Polo Arctico Pole regions in the Arctic Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 1640-1649 Arctic regions 1645 Maps 1 map http://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kis0001/id/3968 lat lat University of Miami. Library. Special Collections Jay I. Kislak Collection KIS0001 kis0001000052 http://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kis0001/id/3968 This material is in the public domain in the United States. For additional information, please visit: https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/custom/copyright-guidelines http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ PDM Discoveries in geography -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Northwest Passage -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Arctic Regions -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Still Image 1645 ftunivmiami 2023-01-16T19:08:07Z Engraved double-page map, contemporary handcoloring; dampstain in lower right corner affecting image, small tear in lower margin entering printed frame. This is the second state of the map in 1645, which bears a decorative dedication to Guilielmo Backer. Blaeu's beautifully engraved map of the arctic was first issued c.1638 and is a precise copy of a map issued by Jansson the previous year. Burden notes "even the cartouches are the same. But Janssonius has placed his imprint in the lower right cartouche; Blaeu has the scale here." Along with the original Jansson, Blaeu's map "provides the first detailed summary of the 16th and early 17th century Canadian arctic discoveries" -- Kershaw. The map provides the best view of the period of discoveries in the area of Hudson's and Baffin's Bays as well as Davis Strait. It is a vast improvement over the Mercator map of the region, whose North Pole was filled with mythical islands. Frobisher' Strait is still mistakenly identified with Greenland, Frisland has disappeared. The curved rhumb lines present a new polar map feature that suggest compass directed routes. This Latin text edition was issued by Joan Blaeu in the 1662 or 1665 edition of the Atlas Maior. Burden, p. 252. Still Image Arctic Davis Strait Greenland North Pole Northwest passage University of Miami: Digital Collections Arctic Greenland Kershaw ENVELOPE(-66.986,-66.986,-67.532,-67.532) North Pole Northwest Passage Polo ENVELOPE(28.967,28.967,65.600,65.600) |
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University of Miami: Digital Collections |
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Discoveries in geography -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Northwest Passage -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Arctic Regions -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 |
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Discoveries in geography -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Northwest Passage -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Arctic Regions -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 Regiones sub Polo Arctico |
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Discoveries in geography -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Northwest Passage -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 Arctic Regions -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 |
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Engraved double-page map, contemporary handcoloring; dampstain in lower right corner affecting image, small tear in lower margin entering printed frame. This is the second state of the map in 1645, which bears a decorative dedication to Guilielmo Backer. Blaeu's beautifully engraved map of the arctic was first issued c.1638 and is a precise copy of a map issued by Jansson the previous year. Burden notes "even the cartouches are the same. But Janssonius has placed his imprint in the lower right cartouche; Blaeu has the scale here." Along with the original Jansson, Blaeu's map "provides the first detailed summary of the 16th and early 17th century Canadian arctic discoveries" -- Kershaw. The map provides the best view of the period of discoveries in the area of Hudson's and Baffin's Bays as well as Davis Strait. It is a vast improvement over the Mercator map of the region, whose North Pole was filled with mythical islands. Frobisher' Strait is still mistakenly identified with Greenland, Frisland has disappeared. The curved rhumb lines present a new polar map feature that suggest compass directed routes. This Latin text edition was issued by Joan Blaeu in the 1662 or 1665 edition of the Atlas Maior. Burden, p. 252. |
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Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 |
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Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 |
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Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 |
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Regiones sub Polo Arctico |
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Regiones sub Polo Arctico |
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Regiones sub Polo Arctico |
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Regiones sub Polo Arctico |
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Regiones sub Polo Arctico |
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regiones sub polo arctico |
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1645 |
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http://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kis0001/id/3968 |
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1640-1649 Arctic regions |
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ENVELOPE(-66.986,-66.986,-67.532,-67.532) ENVELOPE(28.967,28.967,65.600,65.600) |
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Arctic Greenland Kershaw North Pole Northwest Passage Polo |
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Arctic Greenland Kershaw North Pole Northwest Passage Polo |
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Arctic Davis Strait Greenland North Pole Northwest passage |
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Arctic Davis Strait Greenland North Pole Northwest passage |
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University of Miami. Library. Special Collections Jay I. Kislak Collection KIS0001 kis0001000052 http://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kis0001/id/3968 |
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This material is in the public domain in the United States. For additional information, please visit: https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/custom/copyright-guidelines http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
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