Urbs Holsatiae Plona /

Depicts Plön surrounded by the Greater and Lesser Lake Plön, where fishermen are seen at work. The palace of Heinrik Rantzau at top left, with Plön castle directly above the town.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622 (Cartographer), Rantzau, Henrik, 1526-1598, Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590
Format: Map
Language:Latin
Language Notes:Latin text on verso (page 36 and unnumbered page).
Published: [Cologne] : [Braun et Hogenburg], [1598?]
Subjects:
Description
Summary:Depicts Plön surrounded by the Greater and Lesser Lake Plön, where fishermen are seen at work. The palace of Heinrik Rantzau at top left, with Plön castle directly above the town.
Item Description:Bird's-eye view.
Relief shown pictorially.
Detached from: volume 5 of Civitates orbis terrarum, entitled 'Urbium praecipuarum mundi theatrum quintum'.
View commisioned by Rantzau, a prominent humanist, statesman, and the Danish royal governor of the Duchy of Holstein, in the year 1593, in the 68th year of his age.
Vertical fold line at center.
The Cushing Library copy is part of the Ronald L. and V. Jane Woellhof Rare Map Collection. ǂ5 TxCM
Physical Description:1 view : hand colored ; 29 x 40 cm