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Koeman`s Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. IV. Town Atlases.  cover art

Koeman`s Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. IV. Town Atlases.

Descriptive and illustrated bibliography of the town atlases by Braun & Hogenberg, Blaeu, Janssonius, De Wit and other Dutch publishers. This part of the series will also appear as a separate book, outside the series. More info
Sailing for the East. History and catalogue of manuscript charts of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) on vellum, 1602 – 1799. cover art

Sailing for the East. History and catalogue of manuscript charts of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) on vell...

Part 10 of the Utrecht Studies of the History of Cartography (EXPLOKART).
The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company) was for a period of 200 years responsible for the navigation material for the journey between the Netherlands and the Far East and the inter-Asian trade. ... More info
Courtiers and Cannibals, Angels and Amazons. The art of the decorative cartographic titlepage  cover art

Courtiers and Cannibals, Angels and Amazons. The art of the decorative cartographic titlepage

This book aims to preserve and bring forward for wider appreciation the outstanding works of art that many engraved title pages and frontispieces represent. More info
Covens & Mortier. A Map Publishing House in Amsterdam 1685-1866  cover art

Covens & Mortier. A Map Publishing House in Amsterdam 1685-1866

Publication in English with extensive Dutch summary. Describing all aspects of the Amsterdam publishing house Covens & Mortier in the 18th and 19th century and its important role in the collecting, production and distribution of cartographic information national and international. More info
Spiegel van de Zuiderzee. Geschiedenis en Cartobibliografie van de Zuiderzee en het Hollands Waddengebied. cover art

Spiegel van de Zuiderzee. Geschiedenis en Cartobibliografie van de Zuiderzee en het Hollands Waddengebied.

Dit pionierswerk beschrijft voor de eerste maal alle gedrukte nautische kaarten van de voormalige Zuiderzee tot de voltooiing van de Afsluitdijk in 1932 en het Hollands Waddengebied (met name de zeegaten). Kaarten van Nederlandse gewesten en provincies zijn vanaf het midden van de negentiende eeuw... More info
Drie generaties Adan. West-Brabantse landmeters in de achttiende en negentiende eeuw.  cover art

Drie generaties Adan. West-Brabantse landmeters in de achttiende en negentiende eeuw.

The cartographic production of three generations of geometricians in Holland in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. More info
Ruling the Waves. Emperor Maximilian I, the Search for Islands and the Transformation of the European Wolrd Picture, c. 1500  cover art

Ruling the Waves. Emperor Maximilian I, the Search for Islands and the Transformation of the European Wolrd Pi...

In this work Kleinschmidt is tracing the political implications of the transformation of the European world picture in the age of Emperor Maximilian I. More info
The mapping of Africa. A cartobibliography of printed maps of the African continent to 1700  cover art

The mapping of Africa. A cartobibliography of printed maps of the African continent to 1700

Volume 7 in the Utrechtse Historisch-Cartografische Studies. The Mapping of Africa systematically categorizes and provides an overview of all printed maps showing the entire African continent published from 1508 to 1700. More info
Gijsbert Franco, Baron von Derfelden van Hinderstein 1783-1857 - Leven en Werk van `Eene Ware Specialiteit` in Kaart Gebracht  cover art

Gijsbert Franco, Baron von Derfelden van Hinderstein 1783-1857 - Leven en Werk van `Eene Ware Specialiteit` in...

An extensive work on the life and work of the Utrecht based cartographer Gijsbert Franco von Derfelden. The composer of the Algemeene Kaart van Nederlandsch Oost-Indië (160 x 240 cm) is virtually unknown, except for his name and his maps. Therefore, this work offers many new insights. The boo... More info
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