Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. 'Nicolaus Visscher (also spelled Nicolas, Nicolaes) was the third generation of a prominent mapmaking family active at the height of the golden age of Dutch cartography. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Halley Type of Resource Cartographic Identifiers RLIN/OCLC: 40343938 NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13909432 Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d4e95530-c602-012f-438f-58d385a7bc34 Rights Statement The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. 02-295 () Topics World maps Maps Genres Maps Nautical charts Notes Statement of responsibility: habitas constructa per Edm. The sea-atlas : containing an hydrographical description of most of the sea-coasts of the known parts of the world Dates / Origin Date Created: 1702 - 1707 (Approximate) Place: London Library locations Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division Shelf locator: Map Div. Allard (Carel), Regni Angliae et Walliae Principatus Tabula, divisa in LII Regiones-Anglice Shire dictas prae. Riverside, Calif.: Early World Press.TitleNo va & accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula nautica variationum magneticarum index juxta observationes Anno 1700 Additional title: A new and correct sea chart of the whole world shewing the variations of the compass as they were found in the year MDCC Names Thornton, Samuel (Cartographer) CollectionĪtlases, gazetteers, guidebooks and other books Orbis Terrarum Veteribus Noti Descriptio. The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps, 1472-1700. Nova Totius Terrarum tapestry is a reproduction of a 17th century map by Dutch cartographer Henricus Hondius (1597 - 1651). The result is a singular image of the entire cosmos: of the heavens and the earth and, in the armillary sphere, the geometry that binds them together in a single creation. In the lower margin, Blaeu included allegories of the seasons, which is to say the temporal dimension of existence and of the Earth's annual orbit around the Sun. psalmus david prima sabbati domini est terra et plenitudo eius orbis terrarum et universi qui habitant in e. amica tibi semper erunt eadem quoque, qui vivimus, in diversas orbis terrarum. Also, the hemispheres are flanked by images (far left) of the Astronomer, holding an armillary sphere, and the Geographer (far right), taking measurements off the globe. i rebuke the demon trying to possess you. At the center is Apollo, the Sun god, closely attended by Mercury (just to the right) and Venus (to the left) then Earth itself (the map!), with the Moon as a cherub clambering up between the two hemispheres to the far left is crowned Jupiter, king of the gods to the far right are the warrior god Mars and Saturn, god of time. In the upper margin, Blaeu depicted allegorical representations of the planets, each shown as a classical god and each orbiting the heavens on a rainbow ring within the etheric clouds. That decoration was, on this map, new and carried significant meaning. Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula: Alternative Title: Nieuwe Werelt Kaert uyt gegeven tot Amsteldam by Pieter Goos: Cartographer: Goos, Pieter, ca. The projection ~ showing the world in two hemispheres ~ was also quite conventional it was favored in the seventeenth century not only because it gave a sense of the earth's sphericity but also because it allowed a great deal of room in the margins for decorative elements. Blaeu derived the geographical content from earlier maps, probably one of the world maps by Nicolaas Visscher (Shirley 2001, no. Joan Blaeu included this wonderfully ornate world map ~ Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula ("New and most accurate map of the whole world") ~ in the first volume of his eleven-volume Atlas Maior, published in Amsterdam in 1662.
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