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Regions and Seasons: Allegorical figures of the seasons – both male and female – along with their characteristic symbols, are placed in the lower center of this double-hemisphere world map. Spring with her flowers sits near Summer with the Horn of Plenty, while “Old Man” Winter kneels to the right. Dionysus, the Greek god of fruitfulness and wine is also present as an ode to an abundant harvest, while four wind heads blow on the earth from their designated part of the sky. This map combines contemporary geography with mythological figures from the past, creating a decorative blend of old and new.
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Document identity
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st74cx120
label
Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
st74cx120
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula
description
Regions and Seasons: Allegorical figures of the seasons – both male and female – along with their characteristic symbols, are placed in the lower center of this double-hemisphere world map. Spring with her flowers sits near Summer with the Horn of Plenty, while “Old Man” Winter kneels to the right. Dionysus, the Greek god of fruitfulness and wine is also present as an ode to an abundant harvest, while four wind heads blow on the earth from their designated part of the sky. This map combines contemporary geography with mythological figures from the past, creating a decorative blend of old and new.
date
["[1672]"]
year
1672
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Latin
identifierLocal
06_01_007917
creators
Goos, Pieter, ca. 1616-1675
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
World maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
World
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
t'Amsteldam
publisher
By Pieter Goos
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 2 hemispheres each 26 cm in diam., on sheet 52 x 60 cm.
notes
Double hemispherical map of the world.
Appears in the author's De zee-atlas ofte water-wereld. t'Amsteldam: By Pieter Goos, 1672. Plate [1].
Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Atlas scanned by Internet Archive http://archive.org/details/dezeeatlasoftewa00goos
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no
dcId
st74cx120
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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f34b75135a211d77