Publisher:

JANSSONIUS, J.

Title:

Valentia Regnum Contestani, Ptol. Edentani, Plin.

Published in:

Amsterdam, 1640

 

 

Size:

14.7 x 19.6 in., frame 18.5 x 23.3 in.

Coloring:

Hand Colored

 

 

Fine map of the Kingdom of Valencia in Spain, with large title cartouche and vessels offshore.  Nicely matted and framed, in very good condition.

 

Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571 - October 18, 1638), also known as Guillaume Blaeu, and sons

The Blaeu firm was official cartographer to the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and Blaeu globes were carried on all VOC vessels.  Their mapmaking was of the highest quality at a time when the Low Countries were at the forefront of the international market.