Title Pages of Joan Blaeu's "Geographia"
Item
Identifier
Erfle3
Title
Title Pages of Joan Blaeu's "Geographia"
Description
The title page of Joan Blaeu's atlas written in Latin, "Geographia." Joan Blaeu was a Dutch cartographer, continuing the cartography legacy of his father, Willem Blaeu. The page following the publishers information is a drawing of the New World, "America." The drawing is centered around a naked Native woman with slaves working in the background, angels in the sky holding a banner that says "America," what appears to be Mary holding a cross, an anglo-european slaying a devil, and a ship docked in the background.
Creator
Joan Blaeu
Date Created
1662
Publisher
Amsterdam: Labore & Sumpitbus
Bibliographic Citation
Joan Blaeu. Geographia. Amsterdam, 1662.