Print Description
Bird’s-eye view of the Tremiti Islands (Isole Tremiti) in the Adriatic, Italy. With compass rose, key and sailing ships.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: engraving / etching with beautiful hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 62 x 52 cm (24.41 x 20.47 inch). Image size: 50 x 38 cm. (19.69 x 14.96 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Paper in the margins slightly browned. Very wide margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ISOLE TREMITI-ISLANDS-ADRIATIC SEA-ITALY | DP-A1-002-08
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This antique map by Joan Blaeu originates from his Atlas Maior, published in The Netherlands ca. 1662.
Biography engraver: Joan Blaeu (1596 – 1673) was a Dutch cartographer. He was born in Alkmaar, the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu. In 1620 he became a doctor of law but he joined the work of his father. In 1635 they published the Atlas Novus (full title: Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive, Atlas novus) in two volumes. Joan and his brother Cornelius took over the studio after their father died in 1638. Joan became the official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company. Around 1649 Joan Blaeu published a collection of Dutch city maps named Tooneel der Steeden (Views of Cities). In 1651 he was voted into the Amsterdam council. In 1654 Joan published the first atlas of Scotland, devised by Timothy Pont. In 1662 he reissued the atlas with 11 volumes, and one for oceans. It was also known as Atlas Maior. A cosmology was planned as their next project, but a fire destroyed the studio completely in 1672. Joan Blaeu died in Amsterdam the following year.
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