Subject: Netherlands
Period: 1660 (circa)
Publication: De Vyerighe Colom Klaer Vertoonende in Vyftich Onderscheydene …
Color: Hand Color
Size:
9.3 x 6.4 inches
23.6 x 16.3 cm
This is a very scarce little map of the Wester-goe, or western land in the province of Friesland from Colom's only land atlas. The map is adorned with a decorative cartouche supported by two cherubs, a strapwork scale of miles and a simple compass orienting north to the right corner. Jacob Aertsz Colom started the Colom publishing company. He founded the Navigation School in Amsterdam, and published a number of fine sea charts, coasting pilots and this small atlas of Belgium and The Netherlands.
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Condition: A
Nice, dark impression. The map has original margins with some toning and rounding at the corners, not affecting the map.
