Zelandicarum insularum exactissima et nova descriptio, auctore d. Jacobo a Daventria (A very exact and new description of the islands of Zeeland, by Jacob van Deventer)

Atlas sheet from an edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum with Latin text, published in 1573. Hand coloured copperplate engraving. Scale approximately 1:400,000. Bar scale in small, medium and large Zeeland miles. Sandbanks are indicated by stippling and channels between the islands are named. The title is within a strapwork cartouche. The land area is decorated with cattle and the sea area by a fighting ship and two smaller vessels and a merman riding a sea creature.

Object Details

ID: PBD7640(22)
Type: Map; Bound item
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham; Deventer, Jacob van
Places: Zeeland Province
Date made: 1573
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall sheet dimensions: 42 cm x 53 cm; Printed area: 34 cm x 48 cm