COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
mediaCollectionId
MUST~2~2
Old Maps Collection
Collection
true
Barcode:
4687820500011
identifier
4687820500011
Barcode
false
Title:
Blaeu map of Southeast Asia and the surrounding areas
title
Blaeu map of Southeast Asia and the surrounding areas
Title
false
Original Title:
India quae Orientalis dicitur et insulae adiacentes
full_title
India quae Orientalis dicitur et insulae adiacentes
Original Title
false
Contributor:
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
contributor
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Contributor
false
Category:
Sea Charts
category
Sea Charts
Category
false
Type:
Printed
type
Printed
Type
false
Language:
Latin
language
Latin
Language
false
Create Year:
1635
date
1635
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG, 8992 × 7632, 59.6MB
format
JPEG, 8992 × 7632, 59.6MB
Format
false
Scale:
ca. 1:17,700,000
scale
ca. 1:17,700,000
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
42 × 54
obj_height_cm
42 × 54
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
Blaeu was a representative of the golden age of Cartography in the Netherlands in 17th century and he had long served as the cartography officer in Dutch East India Company (VOC). He and his son Blaeu junior (Joan Blaeu, 1596 -1673) started to publish the Novus Atlas from 1634. The first year witnessed the publication of the German version, including a total of 208 maps. The Latin, Dutch and French version were published in the second year. After Blaeu senior died, his son continued to publish the atlas and expanded the space constantly. The maps were also increased approximately to 600. In 17th century Europe, Novus Atlas published by the Blaeu family contained most maps and was the most expensive atlas. In 1672, a big fire destroyed the drawing workshop of the Blaeu family; thereupon the vast publishing industry of Novus Atlas came to an end. This map is selected from the Novus Atlas published in 1635. It shows the vast area of the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, including the newly discovered western coastal areas of Australia by Dutch, but the mapmaker did not know the actual geography of Australia, so it was confused with New Guinea. The mapmaker mistakenly called the cape of Zhejiang and Ningbo area the “Ningbo’s corner” (C. d. Liampo) and falsely assumed that the coastline north of the cape in China was mainly straight, whereas the coastline of Guangdong and Fujian on the map is basically correct. Pearl River was known as “Guangdong River” (R. d. Canton), on the estuary of which an island was marked Macao, but the mapmaker wrongly placed Guangzhou (Canton) in the west region of the Pearl River. In the portraits below the map, besides a heavily armed Dutch there are several angels with different facial expressions, who are playing cross, globe, mariner’s compass, celestial globe or drums, lively and cute. Those lifelike images vividly capture the essence of modern Western culture: the Christian religion, science and technology, marine exploration and military conquest.
note
Blaeu was a representative of the golden age of Cartography in the Netherlands in 17th century and he had long served as the cartography officer in Dutch East India Company (VOC). He and his son Blaeu junior (Joan Blaeu, 1596 -1673) started to publish the Novus Atlas from 1634. The first year witnessed the publication of the German version, including a total of 208 maps. The Latin, Dutch and French version were published in the second year. After Blaeu senior died, his son continued to publish the atlas and expanded the space constantly. The maps were also increased approximately to 600. In 17th century Europe, Novus Atlas published by the Blaeu family contained most maps and was the most expensive atlas. In 1672, a big fire destroyed the drawing workshop of the Blaeu family; thereupon the vast publishing industry of Novus Atlas came to an end. This map is selected from the Novus Atlas published in 1635. It shows the vast area of the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, including the newly discovered western coastal areas of Australia by Dutch, but the mapmaker did not know the actual geography of Australia, so it was confused with New Guinea. The mapmaker mistakenly called the cape of Zhejiang and Ningbo area the “Ningbo’s corner” (C. d. Liampo) and falsely assumed that the coastline north of the cape in China was mainly straight, whereas the coastline of Guangdong and Fujian on the map is basically correct. Pearl River was known as “Guangdong River” (R. d. Canton), on the estuary of which an island was marked Macao, but the mapmaker wrongly placed Guangzhou (Canton) in the west region of the Pearl River. In the portraits below the map, besides a heavily armed Dutch there are several angels with different facial expressions, who are playing cross, globe, mariner’s compass, celestial globe or drums, lively and cute. Those lifelike images vividly capture the essence of modern Western culture: the Christian religion, science and technology, marine exploration and military conquest.
Note
false
Note:
Macao in East Indies Maps
note
Macao in East Indies Maps
Note
false
Subject:
Nautical charts
subject
Nautical charts
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
South Asia
geographic_area
South Asia
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Southeast Asia
geographic_area
Southeast Asia
Geographic Area
false
Pub Title:
Dutch sea atlas.
pub_title
Dutch sea atlas.
Pub Title
false
Pub Author:
Wit, Frederik de
pub_author
Wit, Frederik de
Pub Author
false
Pub Year:
1654
pub_year
1654
Pub Year
false
Pub location:
Amsterdam
pub_location
Amsterdam
Pub location
false
Provenance:
Harvard Map Collection - Harvard College Library
source
Harvard Map Collection - Harvard College Library
Provenance
false