1630 Blaeu West Indies (Caribbean)
This superb reproduction of the original color copperplate engraved map of the “Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris adiacentibus” was published by Willem Blaeu in his ATLAS MAJOR circa 1630-34. This fascinating map of the West Indies is crisscrossed with rhumb lines (any of the 32 points of a mariner’s compass) and it also shows the various coastal ports on the Gulf Coast and Florida stretching all the way up to Chesapeake Bay. This intaglio is embellished with an ornate title cartouche, complete with cherubs and reptiles, and a mile scale showing both the German and Spanish miles. Typical of Blaeu the oceans are decorated with ships and compass roses. Willem Blaeu was the patriarch of the Blaeu family empire of cartographers, instrument makers, booksellers and publishers of Amsterdam from 1571-1638.
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1630 Blaeu West Indies (Caribbean)
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