Stephen and Carina Bruce Map Collection
Pascaarte van alle de Zee-cuften van Europa. Nieulyex beschreven en verbetert door Willem, Pieter, en Joan Blaeu tot Amsterdam MDCLXXVII. [Map of all the seas of Europe. Includes Marocco, Syria, Italia, Hispanen, Duytchland, Hungaria, Polen, Littauwen, Ruslandt, Sweden, Yrland, Engeland, Scotland, Ysland, and Groenlandt.]
West Indische Paskaert waerin de graden der breedde over weder: zyden vande middellyn wassende soo vergrooten dat die geproportioneert syn tegen hunne nevenstaende graden der lengde; Vertonen (behalven Europaes zuydelijcste) alle de Zeekusten van Africa en America begrepen in't Octroy bij de H.M.H. Staten generael der vereenichde Nederl, verleent aende generale West Indische Compagnie. Mitsgaders die van Peru en Chili, inde groote Zuyd-Zee. Beschreven door Willem I. Blaeuw. Gedrucky t'Amsterdam By Jacobus Robyn inde Nieuwe Brughsteeg inde Stuurman. [West Indian Map in which the degrees of latitude on both sides of the Mediterranean are so enlarged that they are proportionate to their adjacent degrees of longitude; Showing (except the southernmost European coast) all the sea coasts of Africa and America included in the charter granted by H.M.H. States General of the United Netherlands to the General West Indian Company. As well as those of Peru and Chili, in the great South Sea. Printed in Amsterdam by Jacobus Robyn.]
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