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NORTHERN EUROPE - TRAMEZZINO, MICHELE (fl.1539-62). Sepetemtrionalium Regionum Suetiae, Gothiae, Norvege, Daniae et terrarium adiacentium recens exactaq. descriptio. Venice: Michele Tramezzino, 1558. Engraved map of Northern Europe by Jacob Bos, 393 x 529mm, on a Royal sheet, trimmed with original extended margins. (Light discolouration to centre of map and to both lower corners.)
An important and highly decorative map of northern Europe, skilfully engraved by Jacob Bos at the cartographer's Venice workshop. Centred on a compass rose placed on Denmark, the image embraces southern Sweden and Norway, and covers in great detail, most of the coastlines of the North and Baltic Seas. The seas are enlivened by ships and fantastic and diverse sea monsters. Significantly, this map is the earliest surviving impression of Cornelius Anthoniszoon's important chart of the Baltic, the Caerte van Oostlant of 1543. Karrow no.2, Tooley:1939, no.40
An important and highly decorative map of northern Europe, skilfully engraved by Jacob Bos at the cartographer's Venice workshop. Centred on a compass rose placed on Denmark, the image embraces southern Sweden and Norway, and covers in great detail, most of the coastlines of the North and Baltic Seas. The seas are enlivened by ships and fantastic and diverse sea monsters. Significantly, this map is the earliest surviving impression of Cornelius Anthoniszoon's important chart of the Baltic, the Caerte van Oostlant of 1543. Karrow no.2, Tooley:1939, no.40
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