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| Keywords: Visurgis ab inclyta Brema ad ostium maris 1648 1653 1686.jpg Original title NOBILIS SAXONIÆ FL VISURGIS cum Terris adjacentib Ab Inclyta BREMA ad oſtium maris <br/>It is a very close copy or a major relaunch of the copper plate by Jan van Loon of a map first edited by Matthaeus Merian the Younger and his brother Caspar Merian in 1653 as a part of their Topographia Saxoniæ inferioris but showing the depicted region in the period between 1643 completion of New Hobendeich and 1648 conversion of the Bishopric of Bremen into the Duchy of Bremen Besides the lower part of the Weser it shows the whole coastline of the Duchy of Oldenburg In many details and in the forest signatures of the merian vesion the map resembles the http //www stadt-land-oldenburg de/Karten/Gft 20Oldenburg 201650 JPG New Map of the Duchy of Oldenburg drawn in 1632 and printed in 1650 by Johann Conrad Musculus who was employed by the dukes of Oldenburg actualized by features mapped by the same author see eastern part of Jade Bight in 1645 <br/>Changes from the Merian to the Loon version edited by Peter Schenk the Elder and Gerard Valck FR NL Most text names have been renewed but with very few changes of the spelling The Merian version had a star of compass lines only on sea the Loon version in addition has a north-aligned grid both on sea and on land Forests are symbolized by crowds of single trees now The positions of key and scale have been changed and a dedication plaque of the senate of Bremen city has been added The Loon version is extended farther north but also the Merian version shows elements of a second system of compass lines that has its center in the part of the map not included in their edition Probably they have used a larger map and cut off a part showing little more then sea in order to adapt it for their folio http //biblio unibe ch/web-apps/maps/lightbox php col ryh pic Ryh_5207_21 col ryh ilang DE period shown 1643_1648 first edition 1653 digitized print 1686 / 1715 drawn by Johann Conrad Musculus first edition by Matthäus jr and Caspar Merian revision by http //www vondel humanities uva nl/ecartico/persons/4722 Jan van Loon upload Ulamm <span class signature-talk ></span> 17 24 4 January 2015 UTC File Unterweser Jadebusen 1643-48 jpg scan of the Merian version first plate 7 518 × 3 132 pixels Maps of Weser Maps of Bremen Maps of Lower Saxony 17th-century maps of Germany PD-old-100 | ||||
