1650 – J. Janssonius – Pascaart van de Oost-Zee

Title:                   ” Pascaart van de Oost-Zee drøesiende in sich, alle gelegentheden van de custen van Denemarcken, Sweden, Pomeren, Pruyssen, Courlant, Lyflant en Finlant, alles op syn Rechte hoogte distantien ende courssen geleyt . – Tabula hydrographica Maris Baltici exhibens accuratam Littorum, Daniae, Sueciae, Pomeraniae, Borussiae, Courlandiae, Livoniae et Finniae faciem in sua cujusque poli elevatione, distantia et situ novissime discripta.”​

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Description:

Rare contemporary colored copper engraved see chart of the Baltic sea region, extending from Kaliningrad into the Gulf of Finland. The islands of Gotland, Bornholm, Rugen, Oland and Oesel are delineated. The title is attended by a pair of fishermen with their catch in the lower right.

Published by Johannes Janssonius in Latin edition atlas “Novus Atlas”, Amsterdam, 1650.

Cartographer:     Johannes Janssonius (1588 – 1664)

Sheet size:          60,0 x 49,5 cm

Year:                     1650

Technique:           copper engraving

 

Condition:
Very good condition. Contemporary coloring. Brownish paper with few small marginal splits.

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This is a genuine antique map published in 1650 and not a modern copy or reprint

 

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