Original antique map World Map, Bleau, This famous world map bears title over the top of map and has illustrious border decorations. Titles all in the Latin language. Along top are symbols of astronomy: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars Jupiter and Saturn

Maps, World Map, Bleau, Astronomy, Seven Wonders of the World, Four Elements

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World map Willem (Guiljelmo) Blaeu

"Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula

auct. Guiljelmo Blaeuw."

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Copper etching with original hand coloring.

Engraver: Jan van den Ende

Cartographer: Willem (Guiljelmo) Blaeu (1571-1638)

Reverse side text: German language

State: 4, described as entry nr. 255 by Rodney Shirley in ãMapping of the World"

Published: Amsterdam, ca. 1640

This famous world map bears title over the top of map and has illustrious border decorations. Titles all in the Latin language. Along top are symbols of astronomy: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars Jupiter and Saturn. At bottom: Seven wonders of the world: Hanging Gardens of Babylon; the Colossus of the Island of Rhodes; the Pyramids in Egypt; the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus; the Temple of Diana; the Statue of Jupiter and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. On left side: the Four Elements: Fire, Air, Water and Earth. On right side: The Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. - Inside map are three small baroque text cartouches, a map of the North Pole and one of the South Pole. And: Lovely sail ships, sea monsters etc.

Map has been professionally restored.

Bottom margin widened by ca. 1 cm. Vertical centerfold has been flattened.

Map size: 41 x 54,4 cm (ca. 16.1 x 21.4")

Sheet size: 46,7 x 57,9 cm (ca. 18.4 x 23")