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Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula Vintage 17th Century World Map Illustration Printing on original papyrus paper. One of the best gift to Ancient Egypt & Vintage 17th Century World Map Lovers. One of the most iconic maps of the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography is Guillaume Blaeu's classic world map on Mercator's projection. This is one of the most beautiful & well-known world maps to have appeared in an atlas during the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. Blaeu's standard world map in his atlases until 1662, when he added a double hemisphere map of the world & later a double hemisphere polar projection, which was apparently not issued during his lifetime but was later issued by Valck. Blaeu's use of Gerard Mercator's projection, which Mercator first introduced in 1569, is reflected in the map's rectangular shape & regular grid of latitude & longitude lines. Blaeu's map is essentially a scaled-down version of his 1605 wall map, with nearly identical geographical information. The sizes & shapes of landmasses in the polar regions are greatly exaggerated, as is typical of the Mercator projection. The map is now well-known for its ornate ornamentation, which includes ships, sea monsters, compass roses, & ornate border panels. The sun & moon, as well as the five known planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, & Saturn - are depicted in allegorical form across the top. The rectangular shape of the map, as well as the regular grid of latitude & longitude lines, reflect Blaeu's use of Gerard Mercator's projection, which Mercator first introduced in 1569. Blaeu's map is essentially a scaled-down version of his wall map from 1605, with nearly identical geographical information. The sizes & shapes of landmasses in the polar regions are greatly exaggerated, as is characteristic of the Mercator projection. The map is now famous for its ornate ornamentation, which includes ships, sea monsters, compass roses, & ornate border panels. Across the top are allegorical representations of the sun & moon, as well as the five known planets - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, & Saturn. States of the Map: The present example is state 4 of the map. The states can be determined as follows: State 1: The signature "Ja. vanden Ende sculpsit." to the lower left of the South Pole projection is missing. "Perhaps proof," Shirley says. State 2, with Josua van den Ende's signature: "Ja. vanden Ende sculpsit" State 3 is the same as state 2, except Terra del Fuego is now an island & Fretum le Maire has been added. As a companion map of Europe bears this date, it was most likely published in 1617. State 4: "Gul. Jansonius 1606" is removed & replaced with "Guil. Blaeuw". "Gulielmus Janssonius" has been replaced by "Gulielmus Blaeuw." State 5: Confoundingly, this final state, which Shirley did not record, restores the connection between Terra del Fuego & the Southern Continent as well as some of the coastline that was erased in the third state. With an A4 size this
