Virtual Globes Museum

 

68 cm Latin earth globe - 1 : 19 000 000

 
General description
Terrestial globe from 17th century. Printed from copper plate and painted by hands.
Date
1645
Publisher
Blaeu, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Place of publication
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Author
Willem Janszon Blaeu
Technology
The globe was made by mounting the paper prints of the spherical segments of 20° onto a supporting globe. The 2 times 18 spherical segments are running from the Equator to the poles.

The virtual globe was prepared by taking a high resolution photo series of the globes and then by georeferencing of them.

Support
Wooden calendar frame
Virtual instance's origin
Globe on a contemporary frame
Hungarian National Széchényi Library, Reguly Antal Monument Library (Cistercian Abbey, Zirc)
[no shelf number]
Restorated by Kálmánné Horvátth Ágnes
Other known occurences
Hungarian National Széchényi Library, Reguly Antal Monument Library (Cistercian Abbey, Zirc)
Title field
Amstelredami
Excusum, in aedibus Auctoris

Cautum est Illustr. D.D. Ordinum Hollandiae
Westfrisiaeq. privilegio, ne quis intra decem an:
nos, ab editione proximos, globum hunc Orbis
terrae, augustiori quam hactenus forma delinea
tum, citra consensum et voluntatem Guiljelmi
Blaeuw, aut aeri incidere, aut alibi incisum in eas
dem Regiones venalem importare audeat, sub
poenis in originali diplomate latius
expreßis.

History
Unknown
Contents
Processed by
  • Nemes Zoltán, Gede Mátyás, Márton Mátyás (photo series)
  • Gede Mátyás (photo processing, geo-referencing, compiling the virtual globe)
Literature
vgm.elte.hu/blaeu
 
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