Antique map of Spain - Portugal. Printed in Amsterdam by W. Blaeu in 1635.

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Description

Antique map of Portugal by Petrus Bertius. This map first appeared in the small-format Altas by Bertius, printed in 1616 by Hondius. This example was printed from the same copper plate by Willem Blaeu in 1635 and appeared in the Cosmographiae Generalis by Paulus Merula.

Details

CartographerPetrus Bertius
TitlePortugallia
Publisher, YearW. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1635
Plate Size9.4 x 13.2 cm (3.7 x 5.2 inches)
Sheet Size13.0 x 14.7 cm (5.1 x 5.8 inches)
ReferenceVan der Krogt, P.: Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, 6300:342

Condition

Very good condition.

Cartographer

Petrus Bertius (Bert) was a Flemish theologian, historian, geographer and cartographer grown up in Beveren (Flanders). In 1593 he became a librarian and professor of mathematics at the University of Leyden. His main cartographic works are a miniature world atlas of 1600, a pocket atlas dedicated to the architecture, the maps and the views of towns of the German Empire of 1616 (26 engraved maps and 101 town views) and a version of Ptolemy's Geographia containing 28 maps engraved by Mercator for his 1578 edition and 14 maps of Ortelius' Parergon.

1600: Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum
1616: Commentariorum Rerum Germanicarum libri tres waarin o.a. opgenomen de Tabula Peutingeriana
1618: Theatri Geographiae Veteris

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Antique map of Spain - Portugal. Printed in Amsterdam by W. Blaeu in 1635.

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