Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638, Regiones svb polo arctico , [1638]
- Title(s):
- Regiones svb polo arctico / auctore Guiljelmo Blaeu.
- Additional Title(s):
- Regiones sub polo arctico
- Published/Created:
- [Amsterdami] : [Apud Guiljelmum et Iohannem Blaeu], [1638]
- Physical Description:
- 1 map : engraved ; 39 x 51 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio C 2015 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12251635
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scale [1:26,611,200] -- (N 90°--N 60°).
- Notes:
- Coastal names, ships, compass roses, rhumb lines; results of searches for the North West Passage.
Decorative title cartouche; decorative bar scale cartouche with 2 hunters, bear & dogs.
References: Koeman, v.1, p.117, Bl16A.
From: Le Theatre du monde ou Nouvel Atlas ... / par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. -- Amsterdami : Apud Guiljelmum et Iohannem Blaeu, Anno 1638. -- map [2].
BAC: British Art Center copy is bound en plano (unfolded) as map 3 in part 1 of a composite atlas issued by Nicolaes Visscher with title: Atlas minor, sive, Geographia compendiosa, ca. 1716 (Folio C 2015 1). Hand-colored, with highlights in gold. - Subject Terms:
- Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800 -- Maps.Arctic regions -- Early works to 1800 -- Maps.Northwest Passage -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800 -- Maps.
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