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Blaeu der grosse Atlas die Welt im 17. Jahrhundert /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Other Authors: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673 (Cartographer), Goss, John, 1947- (Editor), Clark, Peter, 1926-2021 (writer of foreword.)
Format: Map
Language:German
Latin
Language Notes:Commentary in German; Maps in Latin.
Published: Wien : Paul Neff, 1990.
Edition:Deutsche Erstausgabe.
Subjects:
Atlases > Early works to 1800 > Facsimiles.
Early maps > Facsimiles.
Cartography > History > 17th century.
Facsimiles.
Early maps.
World atlases.
Description
Item Description:The original maps first appeared in Dr. Joan Blaeu's "Atlas major" published in Amsterdam in 1662.
Published in cooperation with the Royal Geographical Society, London, whose copy of the Dutch-text edition was, with few exceptions, the basis for the present edition.
Color maps on lining papers.
The Cushing Library copy is part of the Ronald L. and V. Jane Woellhof Rare Map Collection.
Physical Description:1 atlas (224 pages) : color maps ; 39 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 224).
ISBN:9783701403042
370140304X