Pars Flandriæ Teutonicæ Occidentalior: Blaeu 1640

Title: Pars Flandriæ Teutonicæ Occidentalior Author: Willem Blaeu Date: 1640 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Good - age toning, light foxing, issued center fold, tape in far left/ right margins, trimmed bottom margin, border of discoloration from old matting Inches: 19 1/2 x 15 3/8 [Paper] Centimeters: 49.53 x 39.05 [Paper] Product ID: 100512 Map of part of the Belgian and French coasts by Dutch cartographer Willem Blaeu. Includes the cities of Dunkirk, Calais, Gravelines, Nieuwpoort, Ostend, and Hondschoote, among others. Labels prominent topographical features, as well as the locations of churches and hospitals in the region. Latin verso text. Dutch cartographer Willem Blaeu (1571-1638), and later his heirs, dominated the world cartographic landscape for much of the seventeenth century. Blaeu studied under Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, one of the major figures in the history of modern astronomy. After returning to the Low Countries from Denmark