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PCT-56648
Antique Map of Friesland by Blaeu (1643)
- Condition: Good, given age. Original middle fold, as issued. Some creases in the lower margin. Sheet overall minimally warped. A dampstain in the top edge of the middle fold. A thin printer's crease in the top half of the image area. A small dampstain in the lower left and right margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
- Date: 1643
- Overall size: 60.1 x 50.2 cm.
- Image size: 49.5 x 38.3 cm.
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Description: Antique map titled 'Frisia Occidentalis.' - A map of the Dutch province Friesland. Also shows the Wadden islands Terschelling and Ameland. From: 'Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas' (French ed.), published by Willem and Joan Blaeu from 1643-1645. Text on the rear in French. Ref: Koeman: 2:212.2 (117)2T.
Artists and Engravers: Publisher: Willem Blaeu. Cartographers: A. Metius and G. Freitag. Publisher: Willem Blaeu. Publisher: Willem Janszoon Blaeu was born 1571 in Alkmaar. He was trained from 1594 to 1596 by the famous danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. 1599 he went to Amsterdam and founded a business as globe maker. Later he started producing map and sea charts, including his first world map in 1605. His most famous work was the "Atlas Novus" or "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum sive Atlas Novus" of 1635, which was published until 1655 in total six volumes. After Blaeu's death in 1638 his sons Joan and Cornelis continued the businees and finished the "Atlas Novus" and started an even larger work, the "Atlas Maior", which reached 12 volumes. Cartographers: A. Metius and G. Freitag.