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C1655
Honan Imperii Sinarum Provincia Quinta.
Mapmaker:
Willem Janzoon Blaeu (1571 - 1638)
Blaeu map of Henan province in Central China beautifully embellished with a decorative title. Information for the map was derived from the Italian Jesuit missionary Martino Martini’s mapping of China. The atlas came to publication after Martini’s return to Europe in … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Honan Imperii Sinarum Provincia Quinta.
Date:
C1655
Mapmaker:
Willem Janzoon Blaeu (1571 - 1638)
Condition:
In good condition with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
490mm
x 407mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1655
Description:
Blaeu map of
Mapmaker:
Willem Janzoon Blaeu (1571-1638)
One of the most influential mapmakers of the Golden Age of mapmaking.
Blaeu was born at Uitgeest or Alkmaar, the son of a herring salesman and destined to succeed his father in the trade, but his interests lay more in Mathematics and Astronomy. Between 1594 and 1596 he was a student of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and qualified as an instrument and globe maker. In 1600 he discovered the second ever variable star now known as P Cygni. On his return to the Netherlands, he made published his own maps and world globes. He ran his own printing works which allowed him to continually update his own atlases rsuch as his, Atlas Novus published in 1635.
In 1633 he was appointed map-maker for the VOC .
He died in Amsterdam in 1638 and his business was continued by his two sons, Johannes and Cornelis Blaeu.
