Braun & Hogenberg’s Map of Limbourg Printed Area Measurement_70 x 103 cm sheet size The cartouche of this map

The cartouche of this map is dominated by the Hanoverian coat of arms

the South Sea Company folded

Copper enraved folding map

ruled by the Genoese in the 17th century and included in the Italian volume of Blaeu’s atlas

Braun & Hogenberg’s Map of Limbourg Printed Area Measurement_70 x 103 cm sheet size The cartouche of this mapThis map of Limbourg or Limburg is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth century, printed over 45 year period between 1572 and 1617. It was the first systematic city atlas (containing the first accurate surveys of many towns) and was inspired in part by the scope of Abraham Ortelius Theatrum Orbis Terarrum which gathered together the best available geographical information. Town views