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Jan 17 2011
Blaeu’s 1645 Map of Germany, Germania Veteris, typus
Dutch / Maps and charts / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of the famous map of Germany from Joan Blaeu, published in 1645. This master cartographer followed his father Willem’s craft and published his first work with his father and brother in 1635 when he was 39 years old. After his father’s death three years later, Joan and his brother took over their father’s work and Joan became the official cartographer for the Dutch East India Company. He was elected to the Amsterdam Council in 1654 and in 1662 he reissued his atlas as the Atlas Maior. He died in Amsterdam in 1673.
Sep 22 2010
Map of Colonial North America by Dilly, 1781
American / British / Maps and charts - 1 year ago - troycapc
A New Map of North America Showing the Latest Discoveries by Jonathan Carver published by C. Dilly, London, 1781. Jonathan Carver was an early American explorer who, by 1763 became familiar with surveying and mapping techniques. His first personal expedition was launched in 1766 and he traversed much of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. He was not paid for his expedition and in 1769 left for England to pursue payment by the government. There he published a book of his travels in 1778 and died two years later. This map was produced the next year and purports to show the territories that Clark had explored.
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Sep 19 2010
Map of North America by Guillaume de L’isle, 1700
Academician / French / Maps and charts / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This wonderful map of North America was included in Guillaume de L’isle’s World Atlas of 1700. It incorporated many modern elements of cartography for the first time in a widely published work. He became the first royal cartographer in 1718 and was an associate of the Academy of Science. His maps were the most accurate available and were updated with the accounts of travelers. He was the first cartographer to not depict California as an island. He died in Paris in 1726.
Sep 17 2010
The Geographer by Johannes Vermeer, 1669
Dutch / Maps and charts / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Geographer” of 1669 by Johannes Vermeer. This is an excellent example of the Dutch artist’s domestic interior scenes and is one of only three of his works that can be died. Vermeer was thirty -seven years old when he painted this and he never achieved financial success. His reputation was only minor until the 19th century when his genius finally began to be recognized. In this masterpiece, the Geographer is shown in a Japanese robe which was quite popular among scientists of the Baroque Era. He appears to be in the middle of an act of discovery and the slight blurring of the man’s face indicates motion. The original of this masterpiece is in the Stadelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt, Germany.
Sep 15 2010
1700 Map of Italy by De L’isle
French / Italian / Maps and charts - 1 year ago - troycapc
This wonderful map of Italy was included in Guillaume de L’isle’s World Atlas of 1700. It incorporated many modern elements of cartography for the first time in a widely published work. He became the first royal cartographer in 1718 and was an associate of the Academy of Science. His maps were the most accurate available and were updated with the accounts of travelers. He was the first cartographer to not depict California as an island. He died in Paris in 1726.
Sep 10 2010
1700 Map of Asia by Guillaume de L’isle
French / Maps and charts / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This wonderful map of Asia was included in Guillaume de L’isle’s World Atlas of 1700. It incorporated many modern elements of cartography for the first time in a widely published work. He became the first royal cartographer in 1718 and was an associate of the Academy of Science. His maps were the most accurate available and were updated with the accounts of travelers. He was the first cartographer to not depict California as an island. He died in Paris in 1726.
Aug 26 2010
Map of Texas, California and Oregon 1846
American / Maps and charts - 1 year ago - troycapc
Wonderful map by Samuel Augustus Mitchell of 1846. Published in Philadelphia. This was one of the many maps attributed to Mitchell whose School Atlas published from 1845 to 1857 had a great influence on American cartography. The map was drawn in the last days before the eruption of war between Mexico and the United States and shows the three regions of utmost concern to the citizens of the United States. The Republic of Texas had been founded ten years before by American ex-patriots and there were many Americans also in California and the Oregon Country. The Mexicans were in form control of California and the British were active in Oregon. Many in the United States desired that all three territories be incorporated into the United States.
Aug 23 2010
1843 Republic of Texas by John Arrowsmith, London
American / British / Maps and charts - 1 year ago - troycapc
Map of the Republic completed for the General Land Office of the Republic by John Arrowsmith, Soho Square, London, in 1843. John Arrowsmith was one of the foremost cartographers in London from 1839 to his death in 1873. The map was completed during the second term of Sam Houston as president of the republic during a period in which the infant republic was negotiating for recognition from the United Kingdom. This was due to on-going difficulties in having Texas annexed by the United States as Houston had favored.
Aug 17 2010
Map of Scotland of 1573 by Abraham Ortellius
British / Maps and charts / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of the best map of Scotland up to the middle of the sixteenth century. When this map was created by Abraham Ortellius in Antwerp, Mary Queen of Scots was in an English prison and her young son James VI was seven years old. This "Table of Scotland" was part of the atlas series produced by Ortellius, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, “Theatre of the Orb of the Earth(s)”. The original map is 18.3 inches wide and 13.6 inches high.
Aug 12 2010
1564 Map of the World by Ortellius
Maps and charts / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of the famous world map from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, “Theatre of the Orb of the Earth(s)” by Abraham Ortellius. The only surviving copy is in the library of the University of Basle, Switzerland.
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