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| Keywords: 1631 Blaeu Map of the British Isles (England, Scotland, Ireland) - Geographicus - BritanniaeHiberniae-blaeu-1631.jpg Artwork Creator Willem Janszoon Blaeu Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Tabula This is Guillaume Blaeu ™s 1631 map of the British Isles Covers all of England Scotland Wales and Ireland with adjacent parts of France and Holland and an inset of the Orkney Islands Cartographically this map is based upon the plates of Jodocus Hondius which Blaeu acquired in 1629 The original plate drawn by Hondius in 1617 had decorative border images surrounding the map but Blaeu was forced to reformat the map sans images for issue in his seminal Atlas Major This map would become Blaeu ™s standard representation of the British Isles and was published in most subsequent Blaeu atlases issued between 1634 and 1672 A sharp crisp impression suggests an early strike 1631 undated Size in 20 15 5 object history credit line accession number BritanniaeHiberniae-blaeu-1631 Blaeu G <i>Atlas Major</i> 1634 - 1672 Also issued independently and in all of Blaue's atlases of the British Isles from 1645 on Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Willem and Johannes Blaeu Old maps of the British Isles 1631 maps Maps in Latin | ||||
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