Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Regnorvm Sveciæ, Daniæ Et Norvegiæ

Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673

Bure, Anders, 1571-1646

1659

Regnorvm Sveciæ, Daniæ Et Norvegiæ

Joannes Blaeu

Amsterdam

Atlas Map

Wall Map

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1 map : copperplate engraving on 6 sheets, hand colour. Title in the top left corner, in an extremely rich cartouche surmounted by the arms of the Wittelsbach kings of Sweden, which are flanked by two smaller shields bearing the three Swedish crowns and the blazon of the House of Bjelbo. Below, at the base of the cartouche, are the arms of the House of Vasa, while surrounding the ensemble is a chain formed of the arms of the Swedish provinces. Scale bars on a tablet in the bottom right corner, flanked by two hunters, who watch over deer and rams sleeping on top of the tablet. Framed at the bottom and sides by a u-shaped description of the Artic Circle and Kingdom of Sweden, which carries the imprint of Henricus Hondius. As Blaeu acknowledges, this map is closely based on Anders Bure's 1626 map of Sweden, which was a significant improvement on all earlier surveys of Scandinavia.

Sweden

Norway

Denmark

Finland

Scandinavia

Regnorvm Sveciæ, Daniæ Et Norvegiæ Descriptio. Auctore Andrea Bvræo Regni Sueciæ Secretario.

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BL System Number 004928443 Maps K.A.R.(21).

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Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673

Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612

Visscher, Claes Jansz

Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638

Tassin, Christophe Nicolas

1660

(Klencke Atlas). Orbis Terræ Compendium, Carolo Secundo dedicatum a I. Kliencke (a Collection of Maps by Blaeu, Hondius, Visscher, &c.)

British Library Maps K.A.R. R. Shirley, The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700, London, 1993, 2nd ed, pp. 392-6, no. 371. In the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829. .British Museum, Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829

The Klencke Atlas resides at the British Library and we are grateful to them for providing scanned images of the atlas and complete catalog metadata as part of a joint project to scan and catalog the maps and atlases from the low countries of Europe that are part of the King George III Topographical Collections. From the British Library description: "The Klencke Atlas is one of the world's biggest: it measures 176 x 231 cm when open. It takes its name from Joannes Klencke, who presented it to Charles II on his restoration to the British thrones in 1660. Its size and its 40 or so large wall maps from the Golden Age of Dutch mapmaking were supposed to suggest that it contained all the knowledge in the world. At another level, it was a bribe intended to spur the King into granting Klencke and his associates trading privileges and titles. Charles, who was a map enthusiast, appreciated the gift. He placed the atlas with his most precious possessions in his cabinet of curiosities, and Klencke was knighted. Later generations have benefited too. The binding has protected the wall maps which have survived for us to enjoy - unlike the vast majority of other wall maps which, exposed to light, heat and dirt when hung on walls, have crumbled away. Titled 'Orbis Terræ Compendium, Carolo Secundo dedicatum a I. Kliencke. i.e. a Collection of Maps by Blaeu, Hondius, Visscher, &c. One Volume 5 feet 10 inches by 3 feet 2 inches." For more on the Klencke Atlas, see the British Library website, https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/klencke-atlas

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World Atlas

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Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673; Bure, Anders, 1571-1646