Map of Spitsbergen

Object summary

Title: Map of Spitsbergen
Object ID: AF-MD-5099
Date made: 1727
Place made: Netherlands, South Holland, Hague, The
Publisher: P. van Thol and R.C. Alberts
Author: Zorgdrager, Cornelius Gisbert
Object type: Engraving
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: No

Description

Uncolored engraving depicting a chart of Spitsbergen and Stans Voorland. Shoals are marked with small "x" around the coast of the islands. Bays and inlets are marked and labeled in Dutch. The first meridian is noted to be that going through the Canary Islands. From the book "Bloeijende Opkomst der Aloude en Hedendaag Groenlandsche Visschery" by C. G. Zorgdrager.