This map by Oldenburg “Deichgraf” (state officer in charge of the levees) Johann Wilhelm Anton Hunrichs dates from 1761 and is the result of meticulous new cartographic surveys that were carried out in the middle of the 18th century. The map – also called “Vogteikarte” – emphasizes the boundaries of the “Vogteien” (bailiwicks), shows the […]
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Comitatvvm Oldenbvrg et Delmenhorst pro recentissimo Statu uti est Sub Regno Potentissimi Regis Friderici v Facta delineation Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Johann Wilhelm Anton Hunrich Nürnberg, Homannsche Erben, 1761 Copper engraving, 49 x 48 cm
This map influenced the representation of the County of Oldenburg in atlases subsequently to the year 1630. Jodocus Hondius (1594-1629) was its original creator. He sold the copper plate to Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), who published it without emendations in several editions of his atlases. Blaeu’s competitor Jan Jansson (1588-1664) copied the map and created
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Oldenbvrg Comitatvs Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Jan Jansson Amsterdam [after 1630?] Copper engraving, 36 x 47 cm
The Oldenburg Land in the north-western part of modern Lower Saxony includes the coastal areas west of the mouth of the Weser, up to the island of Wangerooge, and reaches south to the Dümmer lake, north of Osnabrück. In the Middle Ages, the County of Oldenburg was established along the rivers Jade, Hunte and Weser.
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Oldenbvrg Comit. Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Laurentius Michaelis, Abraham Ortelius [Antwerpen], [after 1595] Copper engraving, 33 x 23 cm
In 1500, the empire of Maximilian I was divided into ten Imperial Circles. The Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle included the Northwest, from the lower Rhine to the coast, and reached to the River Weser in the East. The County of Oldenburg also belonged to it. This map of the Westphalian Circle is from the Great Atlas
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Circvlvs Westphalicvs Sive Germaniæ Inferioris Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Joan Blaeu Amsterdam [ between 1640 and 1659] Copper engraving, 40 x 53 cm
Pieter Goos of Amsterdam (1616-1675) published, engraved and traded in nautical charts and nautical atlases. His atlases were not primarily intended to be used at sea but rather meant for ship-owners and merchants. Professionally engraved maps with attractive colouration stimulated his customers’ demand.
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Pascaart van de Noort Zee : Verthoonende in zich alle de Custen en havens daer rontom gelegen Cartographer/Engraver/Publisher: Gerard Coeck, Pieter Goos Amsterdam 1669 Copper engraving