COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
3687800354234A
identifier
3687800354234A
Barcode
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Title:
Consult the numbers in the city of Macau
title
Consult the numbers in the city of Macau
Title
false
Original Title:
Aen wijsmge met cijferletters, in de stadt van Macao
full_title
Aen wijsmge met cijferletters, in de stadt van Macao
Original Title
false
Other Title:
Bird's eye view of Macao
other_title
Bird's eye view of Macao
Other Title
false
Other Title:
Stadtplan von Macao
other_title
Stadtplan von Macao
Other Title
false
Contributor:
Vinckeboons, Joan, 1617-1670, cartographer
contributor
Vinckeboons, Joan, 1617-1670, cartographer
Contributor
false
Category:
City Plans & Views
category
City Plans & Views
Category
false
Type:
Printed
type
Printed
Type
false
Language:
Dutch
language
Dutch
Language
false
Create Year:
[1668]
date
[1668]
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG 15831 x 6550, 54MB
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JPEG 15831 x 6550, 54MB
Format
false
Page No.:
19
description
19
Page No.
false
Scale:
Scale not given.
scale
Scale not given.
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
53 x 130 cm, on sheet 56 x 134 cm
obj_height_cm
53 x 130 cm, on sheet 56 x 134 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
The original is a Atlas factice consisting of Joan Blaeu's 'Atlas Maior' and Van Der Hem's additions. Between 1662-1672 Joan Blaeu published his famous 'Atlas Maior' edited in Latin, French, Dutch, and Spanish, and, bound in nine to twelve volumes, depending on the edition. For over a hundred years, Blaeu's 'Atlas Maior' -with almost 600 maps and 3000 pages of text- remained the standard world atlas. Laurens van der Hem, an Amsterdam lawyer, had begun collecting maps and topographical drawings as early as 1645 and when the Latin edition of Blaeu's 'Atlas Maior' was published in 1662, he acquired a copy -in 11 volumes- which he used to make an even more ambitious collection of maps, topographical drawings and prints. Van der Hem arranged the sheets in the Atlas according to his own ideas, amplifying the volumes with more than 1800 maps, charts, townscapes, architectural prints, portraits, etc. Besides prints, the atlas also contains a wealth of drawings: maps, townscapes, seascapes, renderings of foreign people, among others always in the size of sheets from 'Atlas Maior' to maintain the harmony of the work -if too wide, they were folded in; if too small, they were enlarged, and coloured in such a way that the transition from original print to enlargement became invisible; if too high, they were reduced in format, or cut into pieces, and separately pasted on blank leaves. Among the most impressive of Van der Hem's additions are the set of four volumes of manuscript-maps and drawings, which were originally made for the East Indies Company -in which this map is included. The complete work resulted in a 50-volume atlas. When Van der Hem died his children inherited the atlas, his daughter Agatha kept the Atlas for many years. After Agatha's death the atlas was auctioned by Adriaan Moetjens in The Hague in 1730, the buyer was Prince Eugene of Savoie (1663-1736), stadtholder-general of the Austrian Netherlands and a known art-lover and collector. After Eugene's death in 1736 his widow sold the Atlas to Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, who kept it in his Hofbibliothek, which is nowadays the Austrian National Library. In 2009 the HES & De Graaf Publishers made an 8 volume facsimile comprising volumes 35-45 of the original, limited edition of 100 sets. Although Joan Vinckeboons has never been to Asia himself he made quite a few city elevations, plans, coastal profiles and sea charts with combined information based on reports and sketches that masters, helmsmen and merchants made on their travels under the orders of the Dutch East India Company and Dutch West India Company. In this striking watercolor, just as on the others of Macao by Vinckeboons, the aerial perspective is maintained. Compared to the other view this particular one is elongated on the north to be able to show the Border Gate. This view is drawn in a way that enables the map to be "read" from both the perspective of the Inner Harbor as well as the one from the Bay of the Praia Grande. On the legend there are marked 26 places, the forts, churches and temples. The military interest of said legends is undeniable, for instance n.o 1 'Is Het Princepael fort St. Paulo, Leijdt hoogh 185 trappen, met 18 stucken geschut' states the exact location of the main São Paulo Fort and the number of artillery pieces present; n.o 8 'S.ta [sic] Francisco, waer op Sijn 10 Stucken' states the São Francisco Fort with it's 10 artillery pieces and n.o 16 'De Baare heest 15 Stucken' the Barra Fort with 15.
note
The original is a Atlas factice consisting of Joan Blaeu's 'Atlas Maior' and Van Der Hem's additions. Between 1662-1672 Joan Blaeu published his famous 'Atlas Maior' edited in Latin, French, Dutch, and Spanish, and, bound in nine to twelve volumes, depending on the edition. For over a hundred years, Blaeu's 'Atlas Maior' -with almost 600 maps and 3000 pages of text- remained the standard world atlas. Laurens van der Hem, an Amsterdam lawyer, had begun collecting maps and topographical drawings as early as 1645 and when the Latin edition of Blaeu's 'Atlas Maior' was published in 1662, he acquired a copy -in 11 volumes- which he used to make an even more ambitious collection of maps, topographical drawings and prints. Van der Hem arranged the sheets in the Atlas according to his own ideas, amplifying the volumes with more than 1800 maps, charts, townscapes, architectural prints, portraits, etc. Besides prints, the atlas also contains a wealth of drawings: maps, townscapes, seascapes, renderings of foreign people, among others always in the size of sheets from 'Atlas Maior' to maintain the harmony of the work -if too wide, they were folded in; if too small, they were enlarged, and coloured in such a way that the transition from original print to enlargement became invisible; if too high, they were reduced in format, or cut into pieces, and separately pasted on blank leaves. Among the most impressive of Van der Hem's additions are the set of four volumes of manuscript-maps and drawings, which were originally made for the East Indies Company -in which this map is included. The complete work resulted in a 50-volume atlas. When Van der Hem died his children inherited the atlas, his daughter Agatha kept the Atlas for many years. After Agatha's death the atlas was auctioned by Adriaan Moetjens in The Hague in 1730, the buyer was Prince Eugene of Savoie (1663-1736), stadtholder-general of the Austrian Netherlands and a known art-lover and collector. After Eugene's death in 1736 his widow sold the Atlas to Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, who kept it in his Hofbibliothek, which is nowadays the Austrian National Library. In 2009 the HES & De Graaf Publishers made an 8 volume facsimile comprising volumes 35-45 of the original, limited edition of 100 sets. Although Joan Vinckeboons has never been to Asia himself he made quite a few city elevations, plans, coastal profiles and sea charts with combined information based on reports and sketches that masters, helmsmen and merchants made on their travels under the orders of the Dutch East India Company and Dutch West India Company. In this striking watercolor, just as on the others of Macao by Vinckeboons, the aerial perspective is maintained. Compared to the other view this particular one is elongated on the north to be able to show the Border Gate. This view is drawn in a way that enables the map to be "read" from both the perspective of the Inner Harbor as well as the one from the Bay of the Praia Grande. On the legend there are marked 26 places, the forts, churches and temples. The military interest of said legends is undeniable, for instance n.o 1 'Is Het Princepael fort St. Paulo, Leijdt hoogh 185 trappen, met 18 stucken geschut' states the exact location of the main São Paulo Fort and the number of artillery pieces present; n.o 8 'S.ta [sic] Francisco, waer op Sijn 10 Stucken' states the São Francisco Fort with it's 10 artillery pieces and n.o 16 'De Baare heest 15 Stucken' the Barra Fort with 15.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a manuscript watercolored view by Johannes Vingboons from 'The Secret Atlas of the East India Company' in the 'Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem', 53 x 133 cm.
note
Original is a manuscript watercolored view by Johannes Vingboons from 'The Secret Atlas of the East India Company' in the 'Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem', 53 x 133 cm.
Note
false
Note:
There is a 16-point compass rose with a fleur-de-lis indicating north and a cross on East point. It is colored red, blue and gold.
note
There is a 16-point compass rose with a fleur-de-lis indicating north and a cross on East point. It is colored red, blue and gold.
Note
false
Note:
Map outlined in red and yellow border.
note
Map outlined in red and yellow border.
Note
false
Note:
City plans of Macao.
note
City plans of Macao.
Note
false
Reference:
Ausserer, K. Der Atlas Blaeu der Wiener National-Bibliothek, Beiträge zur historiche Geographie, p. 1-40
reference
Ausserer, K. Der Atlas Blaeu der Wiener National-Bibliothek, Beiträge zur historiche Geographie, p. 1-40
Reference
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Reference:
Groot, E. de The Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem of the Austrian National Library
Horst, K. van der The Atlas Blaeu-Van Der Hem : history of the Atlas and the making of the facsimile
Horst, K. van der The Atlas Blaeu-Van Der Hem : history of the Atlas and the making of the facsimile
reference
Groot, E. de The Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem of the Austrian National Library
Horst, K. van der The Atlas Blaeu-Van Der Hem : history of the Atlas and the making of the facsimile
Reference
false
Reference:
Explokart Research Project, https://www.exploka…
reference
Explokart Research Project, https://www.explokart.eu/research/vanderhem.html
Reference
false
Geographic Area:
Macao (China)
geographic_area
Macao (China)
Geographic Area
false
Relation Note:
Bd. 41:19, fol. 83-84, (19)
relation
Bd. 41:19, fol. 83-84, (19)
Relation Note
false
Pub Title:
Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem : a facsimile-edition of the unique copy preserved in the Austrian National Library, Vienna.
pub_title
Atlas Blaeu-Van der Hem : a facsimile-edition of the unique copy preserved in the Austrian National Library, Vienna.
Pub Title
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Pub Year:
2009
pub_year
2009
Pub Year
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Pub location:
't Goy-Houten
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't Goy-Houten
Pub location
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Provenance:
Austrian National Library
source
Austrian National Library
Provenance
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Provenance:
source
http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/baa12661678
Provenance
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Provenance Call No.:
389030-F.K. KAR MAG
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389030-F.K. KAR MAG
Provenance Call No.
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MUST holding:
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