![]() PDM Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II ( more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions ( more information). Honduras has a general copyright term of 75 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term. Description English Edition of One of the Most Famous and Ornately Detailed World Maps of the Seventeenth Century Rare English Edition of the first state of Henricus Hondius' decorative world map, first issued in the 1630 edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. Licensing Public domain Public domain false false ![]() Guiljelmo Blaeuw (1606) and later editions 113.English: Old, historical map of the world. The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700. Inscription lower center: “t’Amsterdam by Frederick de Wit in de Calverstraat inde Witte Pascaart 1660.” Some of them continued to be republished well into the 18th century. Americae Nova Tabula, 1614 Discussion of the acquisition and preservation of Archipelagus Orientalis by the National Library of Australia (2013) Blaeus world map, Nova et Accuratissima Terrarum Orbis Tabula, incorporating the discoveries of Abel Tasman, was published in 1648. ![]() Kaerio First State - With Handwritten Account of Sir Francis Drake's Voyage on the verso. Tooley wrote, “he 17th century is the century par excellence of the decorative coloured map.” De Wit’s maps exemplify that style. Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula. The de Wit family both published their own atlases and supplied maps to other cartographers such as Hendrik Doncker. In accompanying text, the author states that “specially when richly coloured, De Wit’s map is one of the most decorative standard-size maps of the time and it is much less commonly found than his three other atlas world maps.”įrederick de Wit was founder of a prominent map publishing firm in 17th century Amsterdam, the golden age of Dutch cartography. A magnificent example of the art of mapmaking, this map is one of only 19 reproduced in color in Shirley’s major scholarly work on world maps of the 15th to 17th centuries. The map also includes Baroque decorations of garlands of fruit and flowers. Between the maps and diagrams are four vignettes with allegorical depictions of the Four Elements (air, fire, earth and water). After his father died in 1612 Henricus co-ran the business with his brother-in-law. Henricus obtained the original plates of the Mercator 1569 world map, and published a 1606 version of it. ![]() The top center vignette shows the sun encircled by a zodiacal ring. He was born in Amsterdam, the son of the famous cartographer Jodocus Hondius who had started a map-making business in the city. In the bottom center are astronomical diagrams - a geocentric one on the left and a Copernican one on the right. The upper corners contain northern and southern celestial maps and the lower corners show north and south polar projections. He derived it from the two hemisphere maps from Blaeu’s wall map of 1648, reducing them in scale and making some changes. Richly illustrated world map, created by Frederick de Wit in 1660 and published in editions of the Zee-Atlas of Hendrik Doncker from 1660 until 1670.
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