COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702
Author:
Schenk, Petrus, 1693-1775
Date:
1740
Short Title:
Belgii Pars Septentrionalis communi nomine Vulgo Hollandia nuncupata
Publisher:
Nicolaum Visscher
Publisher Location:
Amsterdam
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
48
Obj Width cm:
59
Scale 1:
640,000
Note:
Engraved hand colored in outline map with cartouches and inset of the insignia of all the provinces. Shows administrative boundaries, cities, towns, roads. mountains, canals and rivers. Relief shown pictorially.
Reference:
Shirley, R.W. Mapping the world (4th ed.) 639
World Area:
Europe
World Area:
East Indies
Country:
Netherlands
Country:
Belgium
Full Title:
Belgii Pars Septentrionalis communi nomine Vulgo Hollandia nuncupata : Continens Statum Potentissimae Batavorum Reipublicae Seu Provincias VII. Foederatas. Cum omnium provinciarum insignibus, additis omnibus nominibus urbium et pagorum : edente Petro Schenkio Exc. : Cum privil. (to accompany) Atlas minor sive Totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nic. Visscher. (insets) Batavorum coloniae occidente Indiis septentrionalis Americae implantatae. (with) India orientalis Batavorum commerciis potentià€ & coloniis celeberrima. (with: Continuation of the southern Netherlands).
List No:
11611.018
Page No:
14
Series No:
18
Publication Author:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702
Publication Author:
Schenk, Petrus, 1693-1775
Pub Date:
1740
Pub Title:
Atlas minor sive Totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nic. Visscher. Amst. Bat : Apud Nicolaum Visscher Cum privil: ordin: general: belgii foederati. Ger. de Lairesse detin & Sculp.
Pub Reference:
Shirley, R.W. Mapping the world (4th ed.) 639
Pub Note:
Visscher's Atlas minor, printed by Petrus Schenk and Reinier & Iosua Ottens. Atlas consists of hand colored title page, engraved by Ger. de Lairesse, and manuscript index page, listing 23 maps, double page engraved hand colored in outline, by Visscher, Schenk, Mortier, Ottens, F. Zuerner, H. Jaillot, Delisle, G. and L. Valk, and De Witt. Including: a double-hemispheric world, northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, maps of the continents (Europe, Asia, Africa, and America), followed by maps of European regions (including Russia), and a map of the Holy Land. Atlas lacks sheet no. 17 (Hungaria ... ). Maps are in Latin, French and Dutch. Maps are undated, except the the map of L' Hemisphere Septentrional, dated 1740, map of Poland, dated 1734, and map of Terra sancta, dated 1659. Bound in half vellum over marbled paper covered boards. Not in Koeman
Pub List No:
11611.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
23
Pub Height cm:
56
Pub Width cm:
35
Image No:
11611018.jp2
Authors:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702; Schenk, Petrus, 1693-1775
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Belgii Pars Septentrionalis communi nomine Vulgo Hollandia nuncupata
