Collation: Introduction to Jacob Aertsz. Colom
By Jason Hubbard In issue #12 of Map Forum I listed the charts contained in four of Jacob…
Collation: The New Fierie Sea-Colomne, 1640
[Koeman: J. Col 24 ]Library of Congress G1793 .C6 1640b; Phillips 3332 by Jason Hubbard As in the…
Collation: The New Fierie Sea-Colomne, 1639
[Koeman: J. Col 23]Library of Congress G1793 .C6 1640; Phillips 3331 by Jason Hubbard [Engraved Title page:] The |…
Curiosities: Maps with Flaps
The vast majority of maps, whether printed or manuscript, depict a single moment in time, in essence a…
Printed Maps of New England: 1548 to 1624
1548 [1548]: GASTALDI, GiacomoTIERRA // NVEVA. [2a, ob & 4a, ob]From: Claudius Ptolemy Ptolomeo. La Geografia …, Venice, 1548…
Herman Moll’s “Maps Of The Several Parts Of Europe…”
While Moll’s county atlases and large maps – most particularly those prepared for “The World Described” – are…
Maps in Colom’s Atlases: Atlas ou Colom Ardante, 1668
Atlas / ou / Colom Ardante / Demonstrant toutes les Costes de la Grand / Mer, de tout…
Maps in Colom’s Atlases: Atlas or Fyrie Colom, 1668
[Engraved Title page:] Atlas / or / Fyrie Colom. / Wherein are livelÿ Portraÿed all the knowne /…
Maps in Colom’s Atlases: The New Fierie Sea-Colomne, 1649
The best existing reference for the pilot guides and Sea Atlases of Jacob Aertsz. Colom is the fourth…
The Lost Island of Atlantis
Prevalent among western European cultures are traditions of lost or mysterious islands in the western ocean, and these…