Polus Antarcticus. Ioannes Ianssonius excudit.

Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Polar projection. Decorated with ethnographic scenes in the corners. This is the third state of the Polus Antarcticus map, with Dutch text verso: Description of the South Pole and the land which lies around it.

Object Details

ID: G201:3/2
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Jansson, Jan
Places: Antarctica; Southern Hemisphere World
Date made: 1650
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 44 x 49.5cm, on sheet 49 x 57cm.