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Original Antique Engraving of a Sea Chart of the Western Mediterranean, ca.1650
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Antique map titled 'Pascaerte van 't westlyckste deel vande Middelandsche-Zee (..)'.
Sea chart of the Western Mediterranean. The map extends from the Straits of Gibralter to Italy and Sicily and the Coast of Dalmatia. Originates from 'Atlantis Majoris'.
Artists and Engravers: Johannes Janssonius (Jansson) was born in Arnhem, the son of Jan Janszoon the Elder,a publisher and bookseller. In 1612 he married Elisabeth de Hondt, the daughter of Jodocus Hondius. He produced his first maps in 1616 of France and Italy. In 1623 Janssonius owned a bookstore in Frankfurt am Main, later also in Danzig, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, Königsberg, Geneva and Lyon. In the 1630s he formed a partnership with his brother in law Henricus Hondius, and together they published atlases as Mercator/Hondius/Janssonius. Under the leadership of Janssonius the Hondius Atlas was steadily enlarged. Renamed Atlas Novus, it had three volumes in 1638, one fully dedicated to Italy. 1646 a fourth volume came out with ""English County Maps"", a year after a similar issue by Willem Blaeu. Janssonius' maps are similar to those of Blaeu, and he is often accused of copying from his rival, but many of his maps predate those of Blaeu and/or covered different regions. By 1660, at which point the atlas bore the appropriate name ""Atlas Major"", there were 11 volumes, containing the work of about a hundred credited authors and engravers. It included a description of ""most of the cities of the world"" (Townatlas), of the waterworld (Atlas Maritimus in 33 maps), and of the Ancient World (60 maps). The eleventh volume was the Atlas of the Heavens by Andreas Cellarius. Editions were printed in Dutch, Latin, French, and a few times in German.
- Dimensions:Height: 18.71 in (47.5 cm)Width: 22.64 in (57.5 cm)Depth: 0 in (0.02 mm)
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- Period:1650-1659
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1650
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Condition: Very good, general age-related toning. Original/contemporary hand coloring, Latin text on verso. Please study image carefully.
- Seller Location:Langweer, NL
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