MAKE A MEME View Large Image TERRA FIRMA et NOVUM REGNUM GRANATENSE et POPAYAN.jpg The Dutch were not only active traders in Asia but also in North and South-Americ There the trade was coordinated by the West-Indian Company which was founded in 1621 Thanks to accurate ...
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Keywords: TERRA FIRMA et NOVUM REGNUM GRANATENSE et POPAYAN.jpg The Dutch were not only active traders in Asia but also in North and South-Americ There the trade was coordinated by the West-Indian Company which was founded in 1621 Thanks to accurate maps the Company succeeded in starting trade in this wide-spread area Many of those maps were managed by Willem Jansz Blaeu 1571-1638 who was besides publisher also the official map maker of the West Idian Company However Blaeu was not allowed to include these maps in his atlases for publication For this map of Colombia and Panama Blaeu used information from the Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien a famous book by Joannes de Laet 1583-1649 published in 1625 http //resolver kb nl/resolve urn urn gvn KONB01 1049B13_087 size large - Source page at the http //resolver kb nl/resolve urn urn gvn KONB01 436 Geheugen van Nederland / Memory of the Netherlands website Koninklijke Bibliotheek 1630 Willem Jansz Blaeu PD-old-100 Image Nuevo Reino de Granada jpg Maps of the New Kingdom of Granada Maps by Willem and Johannes Blaeu 1630 maps Atlas van der Hagen PD-old-100
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