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Insula Hvena

From Part one of first edition of the famous Atlas major, with all instruments of Tycho Brahe

Type of object:

Maps and globes

Time period:

Denemarken & Belgie

Place:

Amsterdam

Date:

1664

Maker / Author:

Johannes Blaeu.

Publisher / Printer:

Joan Blaeu

Dimensions:

26,5 x 40cm

Material:

Paper Copperprint

Graduation:

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Inscription:

Verso Blanc

Provenance:

Atlas Major of 1664-5

References:

Van der Krogt 2:621; Koeman Wag 20 page 506 en 509

Image by Austin Neill

Description

Isles of Ven by Johannes Blaeu. with Uraniburgum observatory of Tycho Brahe

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