
Blaeu’s Map of the Venetian Territories
SKU: 7643Title:
Blaeu’s Map of the Venetian Territories
Date of publication:
1640
Printed Measurement:
38.5 x 50 cm
Publisher(s):
Colour:
original
Mapmaker(s):
Dominio Veneto nell’ Italia
Copper engraving, 38.5 x 50 cm, original hand-colour, browning and spotting, Latin text on verso; map of the Venetian territories.
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.
Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici Bl 36B