Danube River – Donau

by Willem and Joan Blaeu

A rare map: from source tot mouth

Detail

Date of first edition: 1635 (Willem Blaeu)

Date of this map: 1644-1655 (Joan Blaeu)

Dimensions (not including margins): 41,5 x 96,5 cm

Condition: excellent. Sharp copper engraving printed on strong paper. Original coloring. Wide margins. Currently still in passe-partout.

Condition rating: A+

Verso: blank

Map Reference: Van der Krogt 2, 1110:2B

From: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Joan Blaeu, 1644-1655. Van der Krogt 2,202-3

 

Item number:
25009
Region:
Europe
Continent
Germany
Central and East Europe
Categories:
Recent Additions
Price (without VAT, possibly to be added): 1 500,00 (FYI +/- $1 665,00 / £1 335,00)
Unless otherwise specifically stated on this map page, we charge the following expedition costs in euro (unfortunatelly, gone up with Covid, but still too low in reality!): 
– Benelux: 40 euro
– Rest of Europe: 60 euro
– Rest of the World: 100 euro

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The Danube or the long and winding road…

The title cartouche shows a depiction of the battle between the Austrian emperor Ferdinand III and the Turkish sultan. In the lower left-hand corner is a personification of the Danube river with it tributaries.

Original title: Danubius, Fluvius Europae Maximus, a Fontibus ad Ostia, Cum omnibus Fluminibus, ab utroque latere, in illum defluentibus.

Blaeu produced a similar map on the Rhine River.