Le Théâtre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas

Joan Blaeu's decorative county maps, published in Amsterdam in 1645, come here from Le Théâtre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas. Che...

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Joan Blaeu's decorative county maps, published in Amsterdam in 1645, come here from Le Théâtre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas. Cheshire, Oxfordshire and Westmorland appear with a combined map of Worcestershire and Warwickshire, and Oldenburg in northern Germany shows the continental reach of the atlas. The maps carry Latin titles, so English counties are seen through a French-titled atlas produced by one of the great Dutch publishing houses.

Joan Blaeu's decorative county maps, published in Amsterdam in 1645, come here from Le Théâtre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas. Cheshire, Oxfordshire and Westmorland appear with a combined map of Worcestershire and Warwickshire, and Oldenburg in northern Germany shows the continental reach of the atlas. The maps carry Latin titles, so English counties are seen through a French-titled atlas produced by one of the great Dutch publishing houses.

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