CARTOGRAPHY IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR HISTORY SINCE MORE THAN 8000 YEARS. FROM CAVE PAINTINGS TO ANCIENT MAPS OF THE OLD WORLD, THROUGH THE AGE OF EXPLORATION, AND ON INTO THE 21ST CENTURY, PEOPLE HAVE MADE AND USED MAPS. HERE YOU CAN SEE A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE WORLD MAPS DESCRIBING THE KNOWN WORLD IN THEIR TIME AND AT THEIR STATE OF KNOWLEDGE.
Friday, February 17, 2012
World Map 17th Century
Description: Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis made in 1606 by the Dutch cartographer Willem Janszoon Blaeu, who worked together with his son Joan Blaeu. First published in 1635 in their atlas Theatrum orbis terrarium.
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