Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas...

A beautiful map of Bermuda transposed over a map of the Atlantic Ocean showing the position of Bermuda and the partial coastlines of Florida, Virginia and New England. Based on the original survey of Bermuda by John Norwood of the Bermuda Company in 1618, the map clearly shows the division of the islands into the original Tribes and landowners, with their names in a table below the map.

The Blaeu family firm was founded by Willem Janzoon Blaeu (1571-1638) in 1596. He was eventually joined by his sons, Cornelius (1616-1648) and Joan (1596-1673). The firm became the most productive cartographic establishment in the Netherlands until it was destroyed by fire in 1672. The elder Blaeu initiated the great series of atlases that culminated in the "Atlas Maior", in which Joannes Blaeu incorporated much of the geographical knowledge bequeathed him by his father.

Double-page engraved map, with fine later hand-colour, centre fold as issued, cartouches for the title and scale, Latin text on verso; sheet size: 49 x 57 cm.