Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula; auct. Guiljelmo Blaeuw.

Description:

Relief shown pictorially. Text on verso in Dutch. Two circular insets of the polar regions. Ornamental border: Upper shows allegorical images of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Lower shows the Seven wonders of the world - Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Colossus of Rhodes, Pyramids of Egypt, Mausoleum of Halicarnassus at Caria, Temple of Diana at Ephesus, Statue of Jupiter of Olympicus, Pharos or Lighthouse of Alexandria. Left shows allegorical figures of the four seasons. Right shows allegorical figures of the four elements. Three decorative cartouches. From his "Toonneel des Aerdriicx", 1642. 1 map: 40 x 53 cm.

Resource Link:

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-003281373/39015091197783

Identifier:

458bcf49-921a-4094-aad5-12637a431bd6

Language:

eng

Creator:

Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 and Ende, Josua van den, engraver

Provider:

University of Michigan

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

World maps

Temporal Coverage:

1642

Spatial Coverage:

World

Rights:

This map is in the public domain.

Rights Holder:

Please attribute access and use of this digitized map to the Stephen S. Clark Library, University of Michigan Library. https://www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/policies/copyright-policy

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG