----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This is old Dutch. Try the Amsterdam Maritime Museum;very good map collection. Or try the Royal Library in the Hague (also in the Netherlands). Another try is the University of Amsterdam faculty of Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen: http://www.frw.uva.nl/ Take into account that it is holidaytime in the Netherlands right now. Let me know how you fared. Jacques Charles Neuschafer wrote: > > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > I have an interesting 19th-century reproduction of a map by Antoine Jacobsz > and am trying to determine when, where, and under what circumstances it was > published. > > The title cartouche (at lower left) contains the following text: "Americae > Septentrionale Pars. From the West-Indische Paskaert; waer in de graden der > bredde over weder-zeyden vande middellyn wassende soo vergrooten...beschreyen > door A. Jacobsz. [1621]." Below this cartouche is the text: "From the > original on vellum in the collection of E.B. O'Callaghan, L.L.D." > > A second cartouche at upper right gives the mapmaker's name. Both the > cartouches, the borders (at right and bottom), four elaborate coats-of-arms, > coastal outlines and a vignette of a sailing ship are all very finely (and > brightly) hand colored. A printed note at lower left reads: "Lith. by F. > D'Avignon, New York." > > This reproduction had evidently been bound into a book--a large octavo, > judging from the folds in the paper. The image size is 38 cm x 49.5 cm > (height x width). > > I would be most grateful for any information on this reproduction, the > lithographer and E.B. O'Callaghan. > > Thank you. > > Charles R. Neuschafer > > P.S. This query was also posted to MAPHIST. My apologies if you receive it > twice. -- Drs Jacques Sipkes Earth Monitoring Consultancy Tel: (Int) +27 (11) 472-8012 (011) 472-8012 Fax: (Int) +27 (11) 475-3279 (011) 475-3279