Bookplates, Description and travel, DS47 .E32 1759
By the Honourable J. Aegidius van Egmont ... and John Heyman ... Tr. from the Low Dutch. Armorial bookplate of John Bevan. Main Heritage Shelves General ... Show moreBy the Honourable J. Aegidius van Egmont ... and John Heyman ... Tr. from the Low Dutch. Armorial bookplate of John Bevan. Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .E32 1759 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20244484 BIB-ID: 1025038 Show less
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and central figure at the pinnacle of Dutch cartographic science during the Age of... Show moreAbraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and central figure at the pinnacle of Dutch cartographic science during the Age of Discovery. He was famously the first to publish a printed collection of maps with the title of atlas. A very colorful map with a lot of detail and great deal of text depicting the land of Tartary which was the medieval name for north and central Asia from the Caspian Sea to the Pacifica Ocean. This is one of the earliest maps to show the Bering Strait between Asia and America (here given as the "Stretto di Anian") Relief shown pictorially and with hachures A map of Tartary, and some parts of China, America and Europe. Japan is also marked. There are descriptive texts on the map. Continet hec tabula dem Tartariam, cum religua Asie Orientasions ... [decorat. cart. low. l. h.]. Decorated margins. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00485 Print Map Item-ID: i11401722 BIB-ID: 1172515 Show less
