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.
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Object Details
ID: | PBD7640(22) |
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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 |