BERMUDA. JANSSON. 1633/1647. ----TITLE: Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Bermudas dictarum, ad Ostia Mexicani aestuarij . . . descripta. ----PUBLICATION DETAILS: Imprint: Amstelodami, Apud Iohannem Ianssonium. 15"h x 20"w. French text verso. First published in 1633. This edition published in Nouvel Atlas ou Theatre du Monde (Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1647). ----GEOGRAPHY: This map is nearly identical to the Blaeu and Hondius versions. It shows Bermuda at a large scale surrounded by small-scale outline maps of the coasts of Europe, America and Hispaniola. Bermuda had been discovered by the Spanish during the 16th Century but not colonized. In 1609 Sir George Somers shipwrecked on the island; early maps refer to the English name Somers in their titles. This map uses the Latin words for Summer Islands (Aestivarum Insularum). Within a few years it was being settled. The name Bermuda apparently comes from the sighting by Juan de Bermudez in 1515. Bermuda is shown divided into numbered plots within eight named tribes (or parishes). ----CONDITION: Centerfold repair. Image very good. ----BIBLIOGRAPHY: Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Me 106. ----QM020. Seller Inventory # QM020

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Title: Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Bermudas

Publisher: Jan Jansson

Publication Date: 1647

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

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Luke A Vavra was a map and book dealer using the trade name ?Cartographic Arts? for about 25 years until illness forced him to give up the business a few years ago. He and his late wife Patricia had a web site and participated in Map Fairs and Book Fairs from Boston to Miami and west to Denver. In 2023 Luke re-established this business under the name Luke A Vavra Rare Maps and Books. The firm does not have a brick-and-mortar store but would not mind scheduled visitors.

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