Britannia Magna : sive Angliae, Scotiae & Hibeerniae regnorum, descriptio geographica Accuratissima, cum singularum provinciarum mappis
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Vol V ofJohann Blaeu's Atlas Major, completed in 1662. The original 11-volume Latin edition, containing 593 maps, put Blaeu ahead of his staunch competitor, mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, whose rivalry inspired Blaeu to produce a grandiose edition of the largest and most complete atlas to date. Covering Arctica, Europe, Africa, Asia, and America, Blaeu's Atlas Major was a remarkable achievement and remains to this day one of history's finest examples of mapmaking.'' Text in this volume from William Camden's ''Britannia''.
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Amsterdam : Ioannem Blaeu MDCLIV(1654)
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xv, 153p, 3-56p. ; ill.,maps, plates ; 53 cm.
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Atlas Major ; Vol. V
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index to maps
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1036
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M0104738FF (invalid)
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ATLAS OS
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Latin
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3421545
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