BERGEN NORWAY ENGRAVED VIEW JANSSONIUS 1650 #S 134
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Staff 7 Large decorative copper engraving view Panorama of Bergen "Berga Noorwegiae." Amsterdam, um 1650 A.D. aus "Theatrum Praecipuarum Urbium" [Janssonius Städtebuch] CARTOGRAPHER: Johann Janssonius (* 1588; + 1664; acturally Jan Jansson ) Janssonius was a dutch cartographer and publisher. DESCRIPTION: This wonderful view was published in the Janssonius town books in 1650. The town books contain views of cities and towns from all over the world and were published at a time when Joannes and Cornelis Blaeu were still planning their "cities of the world". But contrary to what the Blaeus had produced and were to produce, Janssonius's work was not original throughout. Janssonius had acquired the plates of the Civitates orbis terrarum from Abraham Hogenberg. The bulk was incorporated into the townbooks. For many plates of the cities of the Netherland, Janssonius ordered copper plates, newly engraved after the orininals by Blaeu. Further artists are only partly known.The excellent engraving shows the city Bergen. Bergen is the second largest city in Norway and the largest on the west coast. The city is located on the south-western coast of Norway, in the county of Hordaland, with its center situated between a group of mountains known collectively as de syv fjell ("the seven mountains"), although the number of mountains is a matter
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