Identity area
Reference code
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/760
Title
Map of the River Danube, comprising two sheets, mounted together on one backing
Date(s)
- c. 1635 or later (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 map: black and white; engraving; 96.1 x 41.2 cm on 114 x 53.2 cm backing
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Scope and content
'Danubius, Fluvius Europae Maximus, A Fontibus Ad Ostia, Cum omnibus Fluminibus, ab utroque latere, in ilium defluentibus.'
Anon.
Scale: 7 cm to 20 German miles
[Title cartouche with allegories of Christian and Muslim sides of the Danube, embellishment with water deities and river gods in bottom left corner.]
[Probably from William Blaeu, 'Novus Atlas [... ]' (Amsterdam: Guiljelmo Blaue, 1635 and later) (Koeman, 1, p. 102, BI9, No. 219)]
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No access restrictions.
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Language of material
- Latin