Exhibitions
The Great Collections
Zeeland
Possibly Antwerp, mid to late sixteenth century
Hanson.bb.23
This vibrantly coloured map of Zeeland, which may be a uniquely surviving copy, is bound with eleven other maps of the Netherlands printed in the late sixteenth century. It is anonymous, but some other maps in the compilation are attributed to Gerard de Jode (1509-1591) an engraver and print-seller based in Antwerp. De Jode was one of an unrivalled procession of great cartographers who emerged from the Low Countries between 1570 and 1670. The maps produced were typically rich in decoration but accurate according to the knowledge of the time. The coat of arms is that of Zeeland.
From the Hanson Collection, part of the library of the Cruising Association, purchased 1990.
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