United Kingdom - Blaeu - 1662
Title: Britannia prout divisa suit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum. Praesertim durante illorum Heptarchia.
Place published / Year: Amsterdam, 1662
Mapmaker / Publisher: Joan Blaeu.
Technique: Modern reproduction on laid paper.
Size (exc. margins): 41.0 x 52.5 cm.
Decorative map of the United Kingdom (with a decorative border) published by Joan Blaeu (1598-1673) for the twelve-volume atlas: Atlas Maior, sive Cosmographia Blaviana, qua solum, salum, coelum, accuratissime describuntur. The Atlas Maior was one of the most expensive and extensive publications of the 17th century. This twelve-volume set contained almost 600 maps and thousands of pages of descriptions.
Size (exc. margins):
41.0 x 52.5 cm.
Technique:
Modern reproduction on laid paper.