Oldest printed map of Denmark 1630ies
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OLDEST PRINTED MAP OF DENMARK. BRAUN, GEORG - HOGENBERG, FRANS - JORDAN, MARCUS. Danorum Marca, uel Cimbricum, aut Daniae Regnum... Cologne c. 1635.
Hand-coloured engraved map with four cartouches, coat-of-arms, sailing ship and sea-beasts. After a drawing by Marcus Jordan who count von Rantzau (the Danish governor in Schleswig-Holstein) commissioned to draw the map. Latin text on verso with page number 25. About 380x460 mm. Framed.
Bramsen, p. 58-61. Ginsberg p. 105 and image no. 24.9.
This map of Denmark by Marcus Jordan is the only actual map featured in Braun and Hogenberg´s atlas Civitates Orbis Terrarum, first published 1588. Rantzau´s coat of arms is surrounded by Athena and Ares on the cartouche at bottom right.
Auktionsnummer:
6195
Datum:
2017-06-20