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Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1588 - 1664-07-11

Biography

Dutch cartographer and publisher who lived and worked in Amsterdam in the 17th century.

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Lorraine vers le Midy, 1632

 Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 1, map: 10
Identifier: 1500.026.4.1.10
Scope and Contents

Partially hand colored copper engraved map of Lorraine, France, towards the south, and includes the cities of Nancy, Rosieres, Roan, Bruyeres. French text on verso.


Similar to maps published in Atlas, das ist, Abbildung der Gantzen Welt .... published by Hondius/Janssonius by Hondius, Mercator and Janssonius.


Scale [ca. 1:320,000] (E 5°39'00"-- E 7°12'00"/N 48°42'00"-- N 47°45'00").

Dates: 1632

Nova Virginiae Tabula, 1634

 Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 1, map: 2
Identifier: 1500.026.4.1.2
Scope and Contents

Detailed miniature map of the area of VIrginia around Chesapeake Bay. Page 639-640, removed from Jansson's Atlas Minor Gerardi Mercatoris. Latin text on verso.

Dates: 1634
Image of a map
Image of a map

Nova Virginiae Tabula, 1634, Recto

 Digital Image
Identifier: 1500-026-4-1-2r
Image of Text
Image of Text

Nova Virginiae Tabula, 1634, Verso

 Digital Image
Identifier: 1500-026-4-1-2v

Osnabrugensis Episcopatus. Auctore Ioanne Gigante, approximately 1630

 Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 1, map: 7
Identifier: 1500.026.4.1.7
Scope and Contents Disbound partially hand-colored copper engraving map. Relief of the region around Osnabrück, decorated with a title cartouche; shown pictorially with mileage scale. Includes eight coats-of-arms and dedication to Francisco Guilielmo. Insets: Osenbrugge (Osnabruck) [view] -- Districtus Reckenbergensis.Originally from "Atlantis maioris appendix", Johannes Janssonius, 1630.Thought to have been removed from Willem and Joan Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Vol. 2. This map...
Dates: approximately 1630
Map of the Osnabrook area
Map of the Osnabrook area

Septentrionalium Terrarum Descript, 1634

 Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 1, map: 1
Identifier: 1500.026.4.1.1
Scope and Contents

Detailed miniature map of the North Pole, the Arctic and surrounding regions. Latin text on verso.


Page 23-24, removed from Jansson's Atlas Minor Gerardi Mercatoris.

Dates: 1634
Image of a map
Image of a map

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Type
Digital Record 9
Archival Object 5
 
Subject
Maps -- History 7
Lorraine (France) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 3
Atlantis Maioris Appendix. 1630 2
Osnabrück Region -- Germany -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 2
Virginia -- History 2