17TH CENTURY WORLD MAP 1000 PIECE PUZZLE

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17th Century World Map 1000 Piece Puzzle

The Antique Map Collection – The World’s Most Beautiful Jigsaw Puzzles

Antique maps are treasure troves of detail and interest at a time when much of the earth’s surface was still undiscovered.  they provide us with a view into a world which was full of superstition and myth, and yet at the same time, in search of enlightenment and reason.

The world they represent is a world full of assumptions and false certainties combined with the air of superiority of the dominant European Civilisation of the time

Orbis Terrarum Nova ET Accuratissima Tabula

A beautiful old colour example of Goos’ Decorative map of the World and one of the most sought after of all Dutch World maps of the 17th Century.  Peter Goos’ sea atlases were among the finest printed at the time, and his general map of the World is of equal quality.  The two expertly engraved hemispheres closely follow the work of Visscher and Blaeu.  A host of birds are shown flying into a resplendent sun.  Beneath, a set of allegorical figures representing the four seasons are shown with various other figures.  One of the most decorative world maps to appear in a Dutch atlas.