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Blaue’s map of the British Isles

Blaeu’s Map of the British Isles

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Title:
Blaeu’s Map of the British Isles

Date of publication:

  • 1640

    • Printed Measurement:

  • 39 x 50 cm

    • Publisher:

  • Joannes Blaeu

    • Colour:

  • original

    • Mapmaker:

  • Willem Janszoon Blaeu

    • Magnae Britaniae et Hiberniae Tabula

    First published in 1631, this map of the British Isles became the Blaeu firm’s principal one for twenty years. The Blaeu firm was official cartographer to the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and Blaeu globes were carried on all VOC vessels; its map-making was of the highest quality at a time when the Low Countries were at the forefront of the international market.
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    Condition & Materials

    Copper engraving, 39 x 50 cm, original hand-colour, light browning, Latin text on verso.

    References 

    Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 36B

    Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 423. Read less