COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
3687800354560C
identifier
3687800354560C
Barcode
false
Title:
China Sea
title
China Sea
Title
false
Original Title:
[Mer de Chine]
full_title
[Mer de Chine]
Original Title
false
Contributor:
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673, cartographer
contributor
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673, cartographer
Contributor
false
Category:
Sea Charts
category
Sea Charts
Category
false
Type:
Manuscripts
type
Manuscripts
Type
false
Language:
Dutch
language
Dutch
Language
false
Language:
Latin
language
Latin
Language
false
Language:
Portuguese
language
Portuguese
Language
false
Language:
Spanish
language
Spanish
Language
false
Create Year:
1667
date
1667
Create Year
false
Scale:
Scale not given ; (E 117°-135° / N 35°40'-20°30').
scale
Scale not given ; (E 117°-135° / N 35°40'-20°30').
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
101 x 84 cm, on sheet 111 x 97 cm
obj_height_cm
101 x 84 cm, on sheet 111 x 97 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
Joan Blaeu succeeded his father, in 1638, as a Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) mapmaker and achieved great profit from this office. His principal interest was his major cartographic works on Asia. This is a nautical chart of part of the Southeast coast of China with the Island of Taiwan (Formosa), the Kyushu islands and part of Honshu. Korea can be seen as a very small island. Characteristic of nautical charts the map focus on waterways and inshore areas, and so quite a number of soundings is given as well as some inshore toponyms while the interior remains mostly blank. The soundings are especially concentrated on the Taiwan Strait and around the Penghu islands as the east coast of Taiwan remains mostly blank, the same is true for toponyms on the island.
note
Joan Blaeu succeeded his father, in 1638, as a Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) mapmaker and achieved great profit from this office. His principal interest was his major cartographic works on Asia. This is a nautical chart of part of the Southeast coast of China with the Island of Taiwan (Formosa), the Kyushu islands and part of Honshu. Korea can be seen as a very small island. Characteristic of nautical charts the map focus on waterways and inshore areas, and so quite a number of soundings is given as well as some inshore toponyms while the interior remains mostly blank. The soundings are especially concentrated on the Taiwan Strait and around the Penghu islands as the east coast of Taiwan remains mostly blank, the same is true for toponyms on the island.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a manuscript map on parchment, 100 x 85 cm.
note
Original is a manuscript map on parchment, 100 x 85 cm.
Note
false
Note:
Title from provenance library.
note
Title from provenance library.
Note
false
Note:
There is a 32-point compass rose with a fleur-de-lis indicating north and a cross on the east point, colored blue, red, green and yellow. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are in black, for the half-winds in green and for the quarter-winds in red.
note
There is a 32-point compass rose with a fleur-de-lis indicating north and a cross on the east point, colored blue, red, green and yellow. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are in black, for the half-winds in green and for the quarter-winds in red.
Note
false
Note:
Double scale line one in red and blue interchangeably and the other in magenta, green and yellow.
note
Double scale line one in red and blue interchangeably and the other in magenta, green and yellow.
Note
false
Note:
Relief shown pictorially and bathymetric relief by soundings.
The coast lines of continents and bigger islands are outlined in yellow, green and magenta with smaller islands painted in the same colors.
The coast lines of continents and bigger islands are outlined in yellow, green and magenta with smaller islands painted in the same colors.
note
Relief shown pictorially and bathymetric relief by soundings.
The coast lines of continents and bigger islands are outlined in yellow, green and magenta with smaller islands painted in the same colors.
Note
false
Note:
Latitude line roughly on the middle of the chart in magenta, green and yellow interchangeably.
note
Latitude line roughly on the middle of the chart in magenta, green and yellow interchangeably.
Note
false
Note:
Tropic of Cancer in red.
note
Tropic of Cancer in red.
Note
false
Note:
Toponyms on land in black and toponyms on water in red.
note
Toponyms on land in black and toponyms on water in red.
Note
false
Note:
Author information and table of leagues in Dutch with Tropic of Cancer and Equator in Latin. Place names in Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese.
note
Author information and table of leagues in Dutch with Tropic of Cancer and Equator in Latin. Place names in Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese.
Note
false
Subject:
China -- Maps
subject
China -- Maps
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
China
geographic_area
China
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
China Sea
geographic_area
China Sea
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Taiwan
geographic_area
Taiwan
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Japan
geographic_area
Japan
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Korea
geographic_area
Korea
Geographic Area
false
Provenance:
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Provenance
false
Provenance:
source
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40781794p
Provenance
false
Provenance Call No.:
GE SH 18 PF 179 DIV 3 P 1 RES
original_call_no
GE SH 18 PF 179 DIV 3 P 1 RES
Provenance Call No.
false
MUST holding:
must_holding
https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/171sgkf/alma991003009248505076
MUST holding
false