Printed on vellum, this is a variant of the second state of Willem Janszoon Blaeu's rare sea chart of Europe, c.1621, now published by P. Goos. The 2nd state described by Schilder IV, 45.2: the 4th line of the title cartouche says: "Nieulijcx aldus uytgegeven", our copy says: "Nieulyez aldus uytgegeven".
The chart was highly influential and was copied by Anthonie Jacobz and Justus Danckerts, as well as by Blaeu's own grandchildren Willem, Pieter and Joan.

Goos made the only re-issue of the original Blaeu plate, and Gunter Schilder dates this state between 1650 and 1666.
The text in the title cartouche, still crowned by the printer's mark of Blaeu, has been replaced and a new imprint has been placed in a new richly decorated cartouche in Greenland. The chart is oriented to the west. It shows the seacoasts of Europe from Novaya Zemlya and the Gulf of Sydra in the east, and the Azores and the west coast of Greenland in the west. In the north the chart extends to the northern coast of Spitsbergen, and in the south to the Canary Islands. The eastern part of the Mediterranean is included in the North African interior