[Scotland] Scotia Regnum: Blaeu, c.1640

• Title: Scotia Regnum
• Author: Willem Janszoon Blaeu
• Date: c.1640
• Condition: Very Good - some age related toning and previous hinges on verso. Minimal chipping at edges 
• Inches: 19 5/8 x 15 [Image] 
• Centimeters: 49.84 x 38.10 [Image] 
• Product ID: 308577

This expertly curated map of Scotland shows the detailed geography, settlements, and territorial divisions of Scotland during the seventeenth century, with decorative cartouches, coats of arms, and an inset of the Orkney Islands.

This map was originally published in the inaugural 1633 issue of Blaeu's Atlas Novus.

Background on Creator

Willem Blaeu (1571-1638) Dutch cartographer, and later his heirs, dominated the world cartographic landscape for much of the seventeenth century. Blaeu studied under Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, one of the major figures in the history of modern astronomy. After returning to the Low Countries from Denmark in the late 1590s, Blaeu set up shop as a cartographer and globe maker. He produced numerous atlases, and in 1633 became the official mapmaker of the Dutch East India Company, the megacorporation which, thanks to Dutch naval prowess, controlled the seventeenth-century global economy. Numerous depictions of Blaeu maps appear in the work of Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. Blaeu's sons, cartographers Cornelis and Joan (or Johannes) Blaeu, took over the family business after their father's death.