Vectis Insula Anglice: The Isle of Wight

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2007-03-01T16:14:19Z

Authors

Blaeu, Joan

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Abstract

Map of the Isle of Wight, Joan Bleau (1597-1663) of Amsterdam, 1648.

Description

Copper plate engraving, color. 20 in. x 24 in. (50.8 cm x 60.96 cm). Seventeenth-century map of the Isle of Wight off the southern English coast. Title piece in lower left has cartouche featuring a coat of arms, and animals. Scale, adorned with globe, in lower right. C. Harrison Mann, Jr. Map Collection, Map 31, location: Map Case C, D2.

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Isle of White, England Maps

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