Price: $1,350.00
SKU: 37011
ARTIST: Pieter Bertius
PUBLISHER: Published by Willem Blaeu, Amsterdam.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: c.1650.
EDITION SIZE: 25 1/4 x 38 3/4" (643 x 985 mm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: A large folding four sheet historical map showing the empire of Charlemagne, aka Carolus Magnus, aka Charles the Great. Charlemagne ruled in the 8th century and is regarded as the founding father of both France and Germany. Blaeu credits Petrus Bertius for the cartography. Bertius (1565-1629) was a professor of mathematics and librarian at Leyden University. He was also cartographer and a prolific writer on historical and theological subjects. The map shows the majority of Europe, from southeastern Ireland south to Gibraltar and westward to Germany and Greece.
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CONDITION: Good condition. Original hand coloring
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