1656 – J. Janssonius – Pascaart van de Oost-Zee
1,000 €
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.”
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. As a “pascaert” (nautical chart), it features a network of rhumb lines (lines of constant bearing) used by sailors to navigate between ports.
Published by Johannes Janssonius and Henricus Hondius in German edition atlas “Novus Atlas, Das ist, Welt-beschreibung mit schonen newen auBfuhrlichen Taffeln inhaltende die Konigreiche und Lander des gantzen Erdreichs…”, Amsterdam, 1656.
Cartographer: Johannes Janssonius (1588 – 1664)
Sheet size: 59,0 x 49,7 cm
Year: 1656
Technique: copper engraving
Condition:
Very good condition. Contemporary coloring. Brownish paper with few small marginal splits.
This is a genuine antique map published in 1656 and not a modern copy or reprint
On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity
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