Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula

• Main Author: Keere, Pieter van den, 1571- ca. 1646
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: Latin
• Published: Jansson, Jan 1588-1664 1621
• Subjects: World maps > Early works to 1800; Arctic; Pacific; Indian; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/20

17th century Copper engraving. Printed along top: "Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula. A Pet. Kaerio." Printed beneath title at top: "Ulterius Septentrionem versus America ominino est incognita sitnes aqua vel terra hoc Ioco incertum est plurimi tam exrerum circumstantijs, conjectant Americam ab hac parte Septentrionali mari succinctam." Printed in cartouche in "America Septentrionalis": "America. Anno Domini 1492 a Crhstiophoro Columbo nomine Regis Castellae primum detecta, et ab Americo Vesputio nomen sortita 1499."." Printed in cartouche in lower left along bottom edge: "Cum ob terrestrem sphaeram hoc modo in planum redactam situm prope polos animadvertere non possimus, Borrealiorum et Australiorem paetem a quinquagesimo parallel duobus circulis hic delineates: conclusimus vale et fruere." Printed in cartouche surrounded by cherubim along bottom edge: "Amstelodami Excudebat Ioannes Ianssonius. Anno 1621." Printed in upper left corner: "Anian Fetum et Fretum foannis…" Printed in lower left corner: "Hae regions cuidam Hispano apparuerunt, distectus - a classe in ho Australi vagaretur Oceanno." Notes indicating explanation of lands appear throughout name. Displays strong rhumb lines radiating from compass roses along equator line (Shirley, entry 264). Includes insets of North and South poles in lower left and right corners, respectively. Large sea birds and small sea monsters appear throughout map along with illustrations of ships throughout Pacific and Indian Ocean. Along the left edge outside map's border are illustrations of the four elements. Along the right edge outside map's border are allegorical illustrations of the four seasons. Along top edge are small pictures in ovals representing each of the known seven planets. Along the bottom edge are the seven wonders of the ancient world. Scale varies. Pieter van den Keere was born in 1571, the son of a type-founder, Hendrik Van den Keere. In 1584, he left the Netherlands with his sister, Colette, for England. There he befriended major Dutch cartographer, Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), and Pieter van den Berghe who was to write the text for Keere's later Netherlands atlas, "Germania Inferior." Hondius married Colette in 1587. Keere left England in 1593 and returned to the Netherlands, settling in Amsterdam. Between 1600 and 1621, Keere was highly prolific, producing a number of map plates (Koeman, 217). His work includes: "Ireland" (1592), "Nordens Speculum" (1593), "Europe" (1595), "Kaert Thresoor" (1598), "English Counties" (1595), "Mercator-Hondius" (1606), "World" (1608), "America" (1614), "Germania Inferior (1617) and "Totius Rheni" (1632) (Tooley, 348). He is best known for the "many loose-leaf maps" he created (Koeman, 217). His work can be seen in atlases by many other famous cartographers including Jannson's "Lich der Zeevaert" (1620) and Hondius's "Atlas Minor" (1628). In 1623, following his wife's death and his subsequent remarriage to Aneken Winnighs, Keere sold most of his map plates (Koeman, 217). This map was originally published in 1608 and reissued in its third state in 1621 by Jan Jansson (1588-1664) with Jannson's latinate sigunature, Ioannes Ianssonius. Source(s): Koeman, Cornelius, ed. "Alantes Neerlandici: Bibliography of Terrestrial, Maritime, and Celestial Books, Atlases and Pilot Books Published in the Netherlands up to 1880. Volume 2." Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., 1970. Shirley, Rodney W. "The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700. Riverside, CT: Early World Press Ltd., 2001. Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.