DESCRIPTION: Beautiful engraved map of the North Polar region with fine color. With rhumb lines radiating from the North Pole, a large title cartouche, two figures and numerous wind heads, compass roses, ships and an additional vignette of explorers. Arctic animals shown include a polar bear and foxes. With Backer's coat-of-arms in "Nova Britannia." French text on verso regarding the "Pole Arctique".
Blaeu's map of the North Pole region is a close copy of Jansson's Nova et Accurata Poli Artici based on the arctic map of Barentsz, Baffin, and others. This is state two of the map with Willem Backer's coat-of-arms.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1645
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Iceland
BODY OF WATER: North Sea
CONDITION: Very Good.
Clean, robust, and ample margins. Text on verso. Laid paper. One wormhole in margin. One small wax residue lower left corner.
COLORING: Careful and very attractive later hand coloring.
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 21
" x
16 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 52
PRICE: $1900
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