quarum etiam portus præcipui topographicè summa diligentia designantur, à Guilielmo Barentsono ; Pieter van den Keere fecit. Relief shown pictorially; depths shown in bathymetric soundings. 3 bar scales on map, given in "Miliaria Italica," "Hispanicæ Leucæ," and "Miliaria Germanica." Decorative cartouches and border. Compass roses, rhumb lines. North oriented toward upper right. Shows topography, coastline, drainage, shoals, depths, anchorages, settlements (including ports). Illustrations of flora, fauna, ships, sea monsters. Latin title for main map with Dutch translation; Dutch titles on inset maps. 4 inset maps: De haven van Palermo in Sicilien -- De haven Messina in Sicilien -- De haven Trapano in Sicilien -- De haven van Malta. Appears in Cornelis Claesz' Caertboeck vande Midlandtsche Zee, Amsterdam, 1595.
Creator:
Barentsz, Willem, approximately 1550-1597, Keere, Pieter van den, 1571-approximately 1646, and Claesz, Cornelis, approximately 1546-1609
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