Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Terrestrial Globe, 1606, Maps G.6b

doi:10.23636/1vnb-f149

Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Terrestrial Globe, 1606, Maps G.6b

Resource type

3D image

Date published

March 24, 2020

Abstract

Nova et accurata Terrae Marisq. Sphaera, denuo recognita et correcta à Gulielmo Blaeu. Amsterdam: Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1606 (1621). 1 globe : hand coloured; 13.5 cm. in diameter. This globe by Willem Jansz Blaeu (1571-1638) was originally published in 1606 but has been revised to include the discoveries at the tip of South America in 1616 by the Dutchmen Willem Schouten (active 1590–1618) and Jacob Le Maire (1585–1616). The globe forms a pair with the celestial globe at Maps G.6.a. This model was created for a 2020 British Library project in partnershp with Cyreal to digitise globes from its historic map collection. For enquiries regarding further re-use of this model please contact licensing@bl.uk BL catalogue record: https://catalogue.bl.uk/permalink/44BL_MAIN/bbcktk/alma990049630680109251

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British Library