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Map Nova et acurata totius Europae tabula Title from cartouche: Europa / Title of Latin text: Nova Europae descriptio / Title of Dutch text: Beschryvinge van Europa / Title of French text: Description de l'Europe

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Title

  • Nova et acurata totius Europae tabula

Other Title

  • Title from cartouche: Europa
  • Title of Latin text: Nova Europae descriptio
  • Title of Dutch text: Beschryvinge van Europa
  • Title of French text: Description de l'Europe

Names

  • Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638, cartographer
  • Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679, publisher

Created / Published

  • [Amsterdam] : [Nicholaes Visscher], [1657?]

Headings

  • -  Europe--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Europe

Genre

  • Early maps
  • Wall maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Includes map of the world in two hemispheres, 2 diagrams, text, and illustrations.
  • -  Title strip printed separately from map.
  • -  Text in right, left and bottom margins by Nicolaes Visscher. Printed separately from map.
  • -  Illustrations of local residents/costumes in left margin: Angli et Hyberni -- Galli -- Belgi -- Norvegi -- Litvani -- Poloni -- Bohemi -- Germani.
  • -  Illustrations of local residents/costumes in right margin: Potvgalli -- Cantabri -- Castiliani -- Tvscani -- Venetiani -- Graeci -- Hvngari -- Helvetii.
  • -  Views on bottom margin: London -- Paris -- Lisbona -- Toledo -- Roma -- Veneti[a] -- Amsterdam -- Nvrenberg -- Praga -- Vilna -- Muscovia -- Constantinopoli.
  • -  Geography and Maps, an illustrated guide, page 40
  • -  Gift; Hans P. Kraus.
  • -  Latin. Text in Latin, Dutch, and French.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored ; 92 x 134 cm, on sheet

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G5700 1657 .B5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017585732

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, Cartographer, and Nicolaes Visscher. Nova et acurata totius Europae tabula. [Amsterdam: Nicholaes Visscher, ?, 1657] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017585732/.

APA citation style:

Blaeu, W. J. & Visscher, N. (1657) Nova et acurata totius Europae tabula. [Amsterdam: Nicholaes Visscher, ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017585732/.

MLA citation style:

Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, Cartographer, and Nicolaes Visscher. Nova et acurata totius Europae tabula. [Amsterdam: Nicholaes Visscher, ?, 1657] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017585732/>.