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Pas-caerte van Groenland Ysland, Straet Davids en Ian Mayen eyland; hoemen de selvige van Hitland en de noord kusten van van Schotlandt en Yrlandt bezeylen mach 't Amsterdam by Iohannes van Loon plaet-snyder en zee caert maker
Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:750,000]. The chart contains a latitude scale at the right-hand border and rhumb lines. The scales are in Dutch, Spanish and English & French miles. The title cartouche depicts a fur trapper and kayaker. Decoration: 3 ships. Places shown include Greenland, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Davis Strait, Canada.
From van Loon's Klaer lichtende noort ster ofte zee atlas, first published in 1661.
From van Loon's Klaer lichtende noort ster ofte zee atlas, first published in 1661.
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Object Details
| ID: | G213:2/1 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | van Loon, Johannes |
| Places: | Greenland; Iceland Jan Mayen Davis Strait Canada Northern Atlantic Atlantic Ocean |
| Date made: | 1661 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Printed area 43 x 53.5cm, on sheet 49 x 59.5cm |