Antique map of Gulf of Riga - Latvia by Waghenaer L.J. 1600
Zee Caerte vande Custe va Lijfflant begrepen Rontsome de grooten Inham van de Rijgsche zee, Soe Tselfe hem Verthoent en op Doet ...
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > Northern Europe
Copper engraving, engraved by B. & J. van Doetecum.
Size: 34 x 52cm (13 x 20 inches)
Verso text: French
Condition: Old coloured, two worm traces in lower margin.
From: Le nouveau mirroir des voyages et navigations. Antwerp, Jean Bellère, 1600. (Koeman, Wag11A).
"Thanks to the unparalleled skill of the engravers, Baptist and Johannes van Deutecom, the original ms. charts by Waghenaer were transformed into the most beautiful maps of the period. The composition and the adornment have greatly contributed to the splendour of what originally were simple sketch-charts." (Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici)