Pas-caerte van Groenland Ysland, Straet Davids en Ian Mayen eyland; hoemen de selvige van Hitland en de noord kusten van van Schotlandt en Yrlandt bezeylen mach 't Amsterdam by Iohannes van Loon plaet-snyder en zee caert maker

Single sheet. Hand coloured engraving. Scale: [circa 1:750,000]. The chart contains a latitude scale at the right-hand border and rhumb lines. The scales are in Dutch, Spanish and English & French miles. The title cartouche depicts a fur trapper and kayaker. Decoration: 3 ships. Places shown include Greenland, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Davis Strait, Canada.
From van Loon's Klaer lichtende noort ster ofte zee atlas, first published in 1661.

Object Details

ID: G213:2/1
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: van Loon, Johannes
Places: Greenland; Iceland Jan Mayen Davis Strait Canada Northern Atlantic Atlantic Ocean
Date made: 1661
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 43 x 53.5cm, on sheet 49 x 59.5cm
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