Beschriiuinghe vãde wonderbaerlicke costen van Sweden, de met dippen ende eiilanden beset siin, mitsgaders oock die twee groote eiilanden Gottlandt ende Oelant, onder dese costen oste landen ghelegen = Description de suede, et ses costes admirables, entourees de rocers, escueils et isles. des deux isles grandes et renommees Gotthie. et Oelande, situees saubs les costes de ceste provĩce
Description
| Type of resource | cartographic |
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| Form | electronic; map |
| Extent | 1 map : engraving, hand colored ; 20 x 55 cm |
| Place | Amsterdam |
| Publication date | 1598; 1606 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | Latin |
| Map data | Scale [ca. 1:950,000] ; E 14°49'00"-E 25°13'00"/N 66°06'00"-N 55°08'00"). |
Creators/Contributors
| Cartographer | Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 1535-1606 | |
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| Publisher | Claesz, Cornelis, approximately, 1546-1609 |
Subjects
| Subject | Europe > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
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| Subject | Sweden > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Genre | Map |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Benjamin Wright cælator. |
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| Note | 2 bar scales on map, given in “Franche miilen” and “Duitzsche miile” (10 units [= 7.8 cm]). |
| Note | North oriented toward upper right. |
| Note | Index numbers throughout but no apparent key. |
| Note | Decorative cartouches, compass roses, rhumb lines. |
| Note | Shows topography, vegetation, waterways, shoals. |
| Note | Pictorial vignettes of ship, sea monster. |
| Language | French translations. |
| Note | Appears in Waghenaer's Thresoor der Zeevaert, originally published by Cornelis Claesz in Amsterdam, 1592; this map possibly from French edition, 1606. |
| Local note | This copy has pencil inscription in lower left: 209. |
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| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.
- Copyright
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
- License
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights (Public Domain Mark 1.0).
Collection
Renaissance Exploration Map Collection
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