Tuesday, November 12, 2013

An amazing map of Denmark

As I was searching for a topological map of the island of Fyn, I came across this amazing map of Denmark.


This map is from the Latin edition of Willem Janszoon and Joan Blaeu's Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus, the "New Atlas".  At least it was new in 1645 when it was first published.

The maps are amazing.  The one for Iceland shows an erupting volcano.

Source: http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/cris/blaeu/

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