Descriptio Novae Guineae et Inss. Salom. / Nova Guinea et in Salomonis

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Rare and early map Barent Langenes’s famous miniature map showing in detail the charting of northern New Guinea and the Solomon Islands discovered by Mendana in 1567. Note there are only a handful of the 1st edition printed in 1598 … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Descriptio Novae Guineae et Inss. Salom. / Nova Guinea et in Salomonis

Date:

C1602

(1603)

Mapmaker:

Caert- Langenes ( - )

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

125mm

x 85mm

Paper Size:

153mm

x 103mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1603

Description:

Rare and early map Barent Langenes’s famous miniature map showing in detail the charting of northern New Guinea and the Solomon Islands discovered by Mendana in 1567.

Note there are only a handful of the 1st edition printed in 1598 known to exist of this map. The maps from the first edition have no indication of the degrees of latitude and longitude which were added in all subsequent editions.

This map, has the page number 674 and appears in both the 1602 and 1603 edition of the Caert, in the 5th Book, America and is identified by the following;

1. Titles at top of the map; Descriptio Novae Guineae et Inss. Salom and within the map, Nova Gui/nea et in Salomonis and page 674 at top left.
2. Verso heading, Descriptio Novae Guineae et Inss. Salom. and page number 273, page signature Vv

3. The map now has added an indication of the degrees of latitude and longitude .

The map was subsequently included in numerous editions of the Caert that were published up to the 1650’s and often later editions of this map are erroneously dated as being earlier than their correct publication dates.

Reference:
Krogt 341:52 / (174 ) 2V1r-2V2r
Suarez P.190, ill. Fig 107, p.190

From Langenes, Caert-Thresoor

References:
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 :: Tooley, 164 states 1600 although this is the French text edition, titled; La nouvelle Guinee, & les isles de Salomom..
Kroght, P. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1997. Nine volumes :: 341:52 / (174 ) 2V1r-2V2r.
Suarez, T. Early Mapping of the Pacific. Singapore 2004 :: books@rareaviationbooks.com.
King, G. Miniature Antique Maps: An Illustrated Guide for the Collector 2nd ed.: pp, 68-70.

Collections:
National Library Australia: states 1649? page number partly missing at top right should be 3 digits 67?
State Library New South Wales: (OCoLC) 155102298

Caert- Langenes ( - )

The publication of the Caert- Langenes by Barent Langenes & Cornelius Claez in 1598 provided in a small affordable format new and current geographic information readily available in Amsterdam of recent discoveries at the end of the c.16th. Bibiliographic history of the CAERT-THRESOOR BY BARENT LANGENES AND CORNELIS CLAESZ. Reference: Dr. Peter van der Krogt, Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici (new edition) Volume III, Part A, p.373-75, item 341:01, 341:02, 341:03 The Caert-Thresoor of 1598 set a new standard for minor atlases. Scholars like Petrus Bertius and Jacobus Viverius edited the text. Their contents reflect the level of cartography in Amsterdam at the turn of the century, where up-to-date information on newly discovered regions was readily available. The Caert-Thresoor is a collection of maps to which the text was adapted and not the other way around as is the case with many geographical studies of the period. Its success must have prompted Jodocus Hondius to publish a reduced edition of Mercator's Atlas in 1607. The first edition was published in 1598 by Barent Langenes, bookseller and publisher located in 'De Vier Winden' in Middelburg (1597-1605). Little is known about Langenes, except that he published some travel descriptions. As is stated on the title page, the edition was also sold by Cornelis Claesz, in Amsterdam. All later editions were published by Claesz and his successors. 1598 (Kroght 341:01) First edition, very rare. Maps have no indication of the degrees of latitdue and longitude . 1599 (Kroght 341:02) Second edition, rare. Most of the maps now added an indication of the degrees of latitdue and longitude . 1600 (Krogt 341:51) The text was rewritten, first by Petrus Bertius. The book was reissued under the title P. Berti Tabularum Geographicarum, contractarum Libri quatuor, in 1600. Bertius recomposed the contents, following Ptolemy's arrangement. 1609 (Krogt 341:03) Jacobus Viverius wrote an entirely revised Dutch text, which was published under the title Handboeck of Corp Begrijp der Caerten. 1609 (or later) the year of Cornelis Claesz.'s death, a French edition appeared, printed by Matthaeus Becker (II) for Hendrick Laurensz. 1616 Jodocus Hondius Jr. issued an entirely new small atlas with all the maps re-made and the text revised by Bertius.

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