Detail View: Old Maps Collection: Asia noviter delineata

Barcode: 
4687820500214
Title: 
Asia noviter delineata
Original Title: 
Asia noviter delineata
Contributor: 
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Category: 
General Maps
Type: 
Printed
Language: 
Latin
Create Year: 
1649?
Format: 
JPEG, 8742 × 5772, 68MB
Scale: 
Scale not given
Physical Map Dimension (cm): 
63 x 85
Note: 
Insets (all pictorial): Candy -- Calecuth -- Goa -- Damasco -- Ierusalem -- Ormus -- Bantam -- Aden -- Macao. Examples of different people's costumes in margins.
Note: 
A representative of the golden age of Dutch cartography in the 17th Century, Willem Janszoon Blaeu was appointed mapmaker to the Dutch East India Company for a long time, during which Atlas Novus published by Blaeu’s family had the largest collection of maps and was the most expensive atlas. This map is selected from this atlas. The depiction of China is still inaccurate, with the Eastern coastline drawn as a straight line and the Korean Peninsula an island separate from the continent. Nevertheless, the map positioned Macao at the east of the Pearl River estuary as well as other surrounding islands, illustrating the Dutch understanding of South China. In addition, a total of 10 coloured images delineating figures from China, Japan, India and Sumatra decorate the left and right border, and on top are nine illustrations of different cities such as Macao and Jerusalem. This map fully manifests Blaeu’s cartographical and decorative skills. In addition to cities and figures, the map displays other details such as animals, sea monsters, sailboats and damsels.
Note: 
Macao in Asia Maps
Note: 
Images of Macao
Geographic Area: 
Asia
Pub Title: 
Novus atlas, das ist, Weltbeschreibung, an den tag gegeben durch Guil. und Iohannem Blaeu
Pub Author: 
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Pub Author: 
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Pub Year: 
1649
Pub location: 
Amsterdam
Provenance: 
Harvard Map Collection - Harvard College Library
MUST holding: 
http://10.20.100.239/record=b1388979