Tabula Islandiae auctore Georgio Carolo Flandro

Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale [circa 1:1,700,000]. The borders are graduated for latitude and longitude, rhumb lines shown. The scale is in German and French miles. The coastline of Iceland is shown with exaggerated indentations. Mountains and a volcano are depicted in bird's eye view. The cartouche is decorated with fairies and fruit; the sea is decorated with two sea creatures and a ship.

This chart is from a Dutch edition of Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. It has a description of Iceland, in Dutch, printed on the reverse.

Object Details

ID: G214:21/1
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Flandro, Joris Carolus; Blaeu, Willem Jans Zoon
Places: Iceland
Date made: 1648
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 38 x 50cm on sheet 56 x 64.5cm.