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E86.a1 - The Visscher Atlas of 1690
E86 - Syndics of the Drapers' Guild - 1662 by Rembrandt
The Sampling Officials, also called Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild, is a 1662 oil painting by Rembrandt. It is currently owned by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It has been described as his "last great collective portrait". The men (with the exception of Bel who is an attendant as indicated by his calotte) are drapers who were elected to assess the quality of cloth that weavers offered for sale to members of their guild. Wikipedia
E86.a2 - Important Dates in Dutch History
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13rUiCASs7p...
https://www.slideshare.net/guest071bd2/netherlands-powerpoint
E86.a3 - Treaty of Tordesillas
E86.a4 -Cantino Planisphere
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13rUiCASs7p...
E86.a5 - Spanish and Portugese Empires
E86.a6 - The Dutch Empire
E86.a7 - The VOC - The Dutch East India Company
E86.a8 - Dutch Cartographers of the 17th Century
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13rUiCASs7p...
https://www.hollstein.com/index/published-the-de-j... - De Jode was a dynasty spanning 4 generations.
https://www.swaen.com/mapmaker.php
https://www.geographicus.com/P/RareMaps/dewit
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-1903-A-23539 - Danckerts ship image
E86.a9 - Three Generations of Visschers
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13rUiCASs7p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Jansz._Visscher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaes_Visscher_I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaes_Visscher_II
https://www.abebooks.com/Leo-Belgicus-DOETECUM-Johan-Visscher-Amsterdam/21185831003/bd
E86.a10 - The Talents of Mapmakers
E86 - Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum
E86 - Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta
E86 - Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta
E86 - Novissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula, Auctore Nicolao Visscher
E86 - Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
From David Rumsey: "Hand colored in outline map of the world on Mercator's projection. surrounding the map include twelve Roman emperors at the top and bottom, with six groups of national figures and eight vignettes of principal cities at the sides, in the corners are female allegorical representations of the continents: Europa, Asia, America and Africa. Map showing discoveries around the Hudson Bay and the course of the St. Lawrence river. River extending to a small lake in the middle of North America. Tierra del Fuego is shown as a distinct landmass. The Straits of le Maire and Magellan, with the massive Magellanica Sive Terra Australis Incognita, California Coastline appears, heading north toward the Straits of Annian. Decorative cartouche in the upper left tells of the discovery of America by Columbus. Also showing cities and towns, vignettes of ships and sea monsters, rivers, lakes and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. The error of the date of 1592 for the discovery of America by Columbus indicates that this is a very early state of the map, perhaps the first."
E86 - Nova et accurata Poli Arctici
E86 - Typus Maritimus Groenlandiae, Islandiae, Freti Davidis
E86 - Europa delineata et recens edita per Nicolaum Visscher
E86 - Nova totius Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae
E86 - Scotia Regnum : divisum in partem
E86 - A new mapp of the Kingdome of England
E86 - Regnum Hiberniae
E86 - Moscoviae seu Russiae Magnae Generalis Tabula
E86 - Russiae vulgo Moscovia dictae, partes septentrionalis et orientalis
E86 - Moscoviae, Pars Australis
E86 - Tabula nova totius regni Poloniae
E86 - Tabula Prussiae eximia cura conscripta
E86 - Tabula exactissima Regnorum Sueciae et Norvegiae
E86 - Norvegia regnum
E86 - Regni Daniae : Novissima et accuratissima tabula
E86 - Holsatiae Tabula Generalis
E86 - S. Imperium Romano-Germanicum
E86.22 - Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris
E86 - Ducatus Bremae et Ferdae
E86 - Ducatus Brunsvicensis fereque Lunaeburgensis
E86 - Electoratus Brandenburgi
E86 - Pomeraniae ducatus tabulam
E86 - Circuli Saxoniae superioris
E86 - Totius Circuli Westphalici
E86 - Totius Circuli Westphalici : accurata descriptio
E86 - Novissima et accuratissima XVII provinciarum Germaniae Inferioris delineatio
E86 - Belgium Foederatum
E86 - Tabula Frisia, Groninga
E86 - Typus Frisiae Orientalis
E86 - Groningae et Omlandiae Dominium
E86 - Dominii Frisiae Tabula, inter Flevum et Lavicum
E86 - Transisalania Provincia : Vulgo Over-yssel
E86 - Novissima comitatus Zutphaniae
E86 - Ducatus Geldria et Zutphania comitatus
E86 - Ultraiectini Dominii Tabula
E86 - Comitatus Hollandiae tabula
E86 - Noordt Hollandt
E86 - Rhenolandia, Amstelandia et circumjacentia
E86 -Hollandiae pars meridionalior
E86 - Delflandia, Schielandia
E86 -Comitatus Zelandiae
E86 - Walchria Insula Zelandiae.
E86 - Belgii Regii tabula
E86 - Flandriae Comitatus
E86.50 - Marchionatus Sacri Romani Imperii
E86 - Mechlinia dominium et Aerschot ducatus
E86 - Tabula Ducatus Brabantiae
E86 - Leodiensis Episcopatus
E86 - Limburgi Ducatus et Comitatus Valckenburgi
E86 - Ducatus Lutzenburgi
E86 - Comitatus Namurci
E86 - Comitatus Hannoniae et Archiepiscopatus Cameracensis Tabula
E86 - Geographica Artesiae comitatus tabula
E86 - Juliacensis, Cliviensis et Montensis Ducatus
E86 - Coloniensis Archiepiscopatus
E86 - Archiepiscopatus Trevirensis
E86 - Nova Et Accurata Moguntini Archiepiscopatus delineatio
E86 -Exactissima Palatinatus Rheni ac Ducatus Bipontini tabula
E86 - Circulus Franconicus
E86 - Regnum Bohemia
E86.66 - Silesiae Ducatus
E86.67 - Terra Australis Incognita : Polus Antarcticus
E86.68 - Totius Regni Hungariae et adjacentium Regionum Tabula
E86.69 - Circuli Austriaci pars septentrionalis
E86.70 - Viennense Territorium
E86.71 - Palatinatus Bavariae
E86.72 - Bavaria Ducatus
E86.73 - Circulus Suevicus
E86.74 - Danubius fluvius Europae maximus, a fontibus ad ostia
E86.75 - Utriusque Alsatiae, Ducatus Dupontii et Spirensis Episcopatus
E86.76 - Landgraviatus Alsatiae Inferioris Novissima Tabula
E86.77 - Superioris Alsatiae nec non Brisigaviae et Suntgaviae Geographica Tabula
E86.78 - Exactissima Helvetiae
E86.79 - Rhenus fluviorum Europae celeberrimus
E86.80 - Gallia Vulgo La France
E86.81 - Picardia vera et inferior
E86.82 - Normandia Ducatus
E86.83 - Le Govvernement De L'Isle De France
E86.84 - Champaigne et Brie etc.
E86.85 - Lotharingia Ducatus Nova descriptio
E86.86 - Utriusque Burgundiae tum Ducatus tum Comitatus Descriptio
E86.87 - Duche de Bretaigne
E86.88 - Pictaviae Ducatus Descriptio, Vulgo Le Pais De Poictou
E86.89 - Description du Guienne
E86.90 - Languedoc
E86.91 - Nova et accurata Descriptio Delphinatus vulgo Dauphine
E86.92 - Comte et gouvernement de Provence
E86.93 - Hispaniae et Portugalliae Regna
E86.94 - Accuratissima principatus Cataloniae
E86.95 - Utriusque Castiliae nova descriptio
E86.96 - Valentia Regnum
E86.97 - Granata et Murcia Regna
E86.98 - Portugalliae et Algarbiae Regna
E86.99 - Totius Italiae tabula
E86.100 - Sabaudia Ducatus : Savoye
This area was known as the Duchy of Savoy for about 430 years, from 1416 to 1847.
E86.101 - Ducato overo Territorio Di Milano
E86.102 - Liguria, o stato della republica di Genova
E86.103 - Accuratissima Dominii Veneti in Italia
E86.104 - Status Ecclesiasticus et Magnus Ducatus Thoscanae
E86.105 - Toscana inferiore
E86.106 - Regnum Neapolis
E86.107 - Regnum Siciliae Cum circumiacentibus Regnis et Insulis
E86.108 - Asiae nova delineatio
E86.109 - Turcicum imperium
E86.110 - Exactissima totius Archipelagi
E86.111 - Peloponnesus hodie Morea
E86.112 - Insula Candia, olim Creta
Crete was part of the Kingdom of Venice, for about 450 years, from 1212 to 1669. I'm guessing that the image on the top of the page is of the battle in which the Ottoman Empire took control of what was called Candia.
E86.113 - Terra Sancta, sive Promissionis, olim Palestina
E86.114 - Nova Persiae, Armeniae, Natoliae, et Arabiae
E86.115 - Magnae Tartariae, Magni Mogolis Imperii, Japoniae et Chinae
E86.116 - Indiae Orientalis nec non Insularum Adiacentium
E86.117 - Nova et accurata Iaponiae Terrae Esonis
E86.118 - Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio
E86.119 - Africae Accurata Tabula
E86.120 - Barbaria
E86.121 - Fezzae et Marocchi
E86.122 - Guinea
E86.123 - Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae
E86.124 - America Septentrionalis
E86.125 - Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae Nec Non partis Virginiae Tabula
Steve Hanon gave a presentation, on video below, on the Visscher map of New England at the GLAM meeting (part of the California Map Society) on August 22, 2020.
E86.126 - Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum terris adiacentibus
E86.127 - Americae Pars Meridionalis
E86.128 - Guiana siue Amazonum regio
E86.129 - Accuratissima Brasiliae tabula
E86.130 - Tabula Magellanica
E86 - Justus Dankerts
Nuewe tafel voor alle Lief hebbers en Zeevaarende persoonen vertoonende een Oorloghs-schip (...), anonymous, 1709 (translation: New table for all lovers and seafaring persons displaying a war ship)
E86.a1 - The Visscher Atlas of 1690
E86 - Syndics of the Drapers' Guild - 1662 by Rembrandt
The Sampling Officials, also called Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild, is a 1662 oil painting by Rembrandt. It is currently owned by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It has been described as his "last great collective portrait". The men (with the exception of Bel who is an attendant as indicated by his calotte) are drapers who were elected to assess the quality of cloth that weavers offered for sale to members of their guild. Wikipedia
E86.a2 - Important Dates in Dutch History
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13rUiCASs7p...
https://www.slideshare.net/guest071bd2/netherlands-powerpoint
E86.a4 -Cantino Planisphere
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13rUiCASs7p...
E86.a6 - The Dutch Empire
E86.a7 - The VOC - The Dutch East India Company
E86.a8 - Dutch Cartographers of the 17th Century
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13rUiCASs7p...
https://www.hollstein.com/index/published-the-de-j... - De Jode was a dynasty spanning 4 generations.
https://www.swaen.com/mapmaker.php
https://www.geographicus.com/P/RareMaps/dewit
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-1903-A-23539 - Danckerts ship image
E86.a9 - Three Generations of Visschers
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13rUiCASs7p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claes_Jansz._Visscher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaes_Visscher_I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaes_Visscher_II
https://www.abebooks.com/Leo-Belgicus-DOETECUM-Johan-Visscher-Amsterdam/21185831003/bd
E86.a10 - The Talents of Mapmakers
E86 - Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
From David Rumsey: "Hand colored in outline map of the world on Mercator's projection. surrounding the map include twelve Roman emperors at the top and bottom, with six groups of national figures and eight vignettes of principal cities at the sides, in the corners are female allegorical representations of the continents: Europa, Asia, America and Africa. Map showing discoveries around the Hudson Bay and the course of the St. Lawrence river. River extending to a small lake in the middle of North America. Tierra del Fuego is shown as a distinct landmass. The Straits of le Maire and Magellan, with the massive Magellanica Sive Terra Australis Incognita, California Coastline appears, heading north toward the Straits of Annian. Decorative cartouche in the upper left tells of the discovery of America by Columbus. Also showing cities and towns, vignettes of ships and sea monsters, rivers, lakes and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. The error of the date of 1592 for the discovery of America by Columbus indicates that this is a very early state of the map, perhaps the first."
E86.100 - Sabaudia Ducatus : Savoye
This area was known as the Duchy of Savoy for about 430 years, from 1416 to 1847.
E86.112 - Insula Candia, olim Creta
Crete was part of the Kingdom of Venice, for about 450 years, from 1212 to 1669. I'm guessing that the image on the top of the page is of the battle in which the Ottoman Empire took control of what was called Candia.
E86 - Justus Dankerts
Nuewe tafel voor alle Lief hebbers en Zeevaarende persoonen vertoonende een Oorloghs-schip (...), anonymous, 1709 (translation: New table for all lovers and seafaring persons displaying a war ship)
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Atlas appears to be holding up the sky, not the earth, which is the "correct."
test dot - edti
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"Terra Australis" has a long history based on the idea that a southern continent must exist to balance all of the land masses north of the equator.
Julius Caesar is one of the twelve Roman emperors with vignettes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar
Europa is one of the four female allegorical representations of the continents of Europe, Asia, America and Africa.
The "Europaei" are one of six groups of national figures.
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The lines on this map may still have some functional purpose, but I find them to be spectacularly beautiful.
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My colleague William lives in Ljubliana, which I believe is Carniola on the map.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carniola
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Not sure exactly how to read the table, but here is London.
London with lines emanating from it. Do the numbers on the lines indicate distances?
I believe that this column titled "dsL" is distance from London.
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Sleigh ride?
Laubach is Ljubljana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana
see also the band https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laibach
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I think this is Moscow but not sure.
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Formerly Konigsburg, German, now Kalingrad, part of Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad
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Present day Kamien Pomorski, in Poland.
Looks like beehives!
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Amsterdam. Map has north to right side.
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What kind of animals are pulling this man?
Emden is located in Germany.
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Zwolle. Has a city center that still looks like a fort.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&url=https%3A...
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Amsterdam
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Spectacular mermaid.
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Amsterdam.
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Modern-day Gorinchem.
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Rotterdam.
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Modern-day "Cathedral of Our Lady"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_(Antwerp)
The Bourse of Antwerp, the world's first commodity exchange.
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Maastricht
I wonder what is the meaning of this star and the letters around it?
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Erenbreitstein fortress.
http://www.tor-zum-welterbe.de/kulturzentrum-festu...
Is this a wine-making region?
Looks like the devil here in the background.
Mainz
Koblenz
Bonn
This area, Trevirensis, refers to one of the oldest Dioceses in all of Germany. I am curious why, then, are the figures in this beautiful cartouche not more religious...although maybe the presence of the devil is intended to make a religious point, that too much wine can be a problem.
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What's going on here? Is someone being cooked?
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Vienna looked a lot different 124 years earlier, in 1566. This image by Camocio.
https://eng.travelogues.gr/item.php?view=45633
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Vienna
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Bellagio and Lake Como
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Amsterdam
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This area was known as the Duchy of Savoy for about 430 years, from 1416 to 1847.
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Once again, unable to figure out exactly what to do with the information they had about Staten Island and Compagnie Land, they put it into the ocean and also named a straight after Vries, the explorer who claimed this land existed.
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I'm not quite sure why the lion is wielding a sword over a naked body.
Looks like a sea battle.
Morea was the name of the Pellopense peninsula in the southern part of Greece during the middle ages and early modern era.
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Likely a depiction of the battle in which the Ottoman Empire took control of Candia, a.k.a. Crete in 1669.
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Jerusalem.
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The Great Wall.
Korea here shown as a peninsula, not an island. Interesting that the atlas contains more than one instance of things being presented two ways on different maps: California as an island is another prominent example.
The mapmakers couldn't figure out exactly where Compagnie Land and Staten Island should go, so they drew it into the ocean, ambiguously connected to China and Tartaria. Companie Land and Staten Island were supposed sitings, by a Dutch explorer named Vries, of land on, and the strait between, Asia and America. However, it turned out to simply be two of Kiril Islands. See Raremaps.com and wikipedia, for Vries Strait, a passage between two of the Kiril Islands named after Vries.
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Korea as an island.
Mythical "Compagnies Land" supposedly once sited by Dutch explorers in the mid-17th Century.
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Pearl River delta.
Shanghai should be here but I don't see it. I do see Hangzhou and Suzhou.
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A map of Morocco, with north to the right side of the map. See on right border "Septentrio", which means north; see also three other sides with names for west (Occidens), south (Meridies) and east (Oriens). See also straits of gibraltar on the right side of map.
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Buttons Bay later became Hudson's Bay, although a lower portion of the bay is called Hudson's Bay.
California shown as an island. No place names on the east side, but many recognizable names on the west side.
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Philadelphia is on this state, but not on earlier states of this map.
This is an idealized view of Manhattan. I do find it interesting that a gallows is front and center on this vignette.
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A gruesome scene of someone being killed and two heads on stakes nearby.
Preparing and cooking human body parts. A German explorer had an experience with cannibalism in Brazil in the 16th century that became a theme in maps for over a hundred years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_History:_An_Acc...
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This place of Magellanica appears to be either fabricated or based on hearsay from explorers.
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