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.
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Object Details
ID: | G201:3/2 |
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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. |