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File:Spitsbergen, Amsterdam Island.jpg

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English: Amsterdam Island and Danskøya near Spitsbergen shown as a detail (insert) of a 17th century Dutch map of the North-East Atlantic and Barents Sea. The long Dutch name of the map translates more or less as: "Map of Russia, Lapland, Finmark, Spitsbergen and Nova Zembla checked for news and improved, with the river of Archangel, Jan Mayen Island and a part of Spitsbergen which are shown very accurately in separate tables (inserts) in their details at a large scale." North is left.
Nederlands: Amsterdam Eiland (Amsterdammer Eyland) en Deense Eyland (nu: Danskøya) bij Spitsbergen, zoals opgenomen als detail (inzet) op een 17e eeuwse Nederlandse kaart getiteld: "Paskaert van Ruslant Laplant Finmarcken Spitsbergen en Nova Zembla op Nieuws oversien en verbeetert met de Rivier van Archangel Ian Mayen Eylant en een gedeelte van Spitsbergen't welckjder in een bysonder Tafeltie met haer opdoeninge in een groot bestekseer naeukeurig vertoont werd".
Date 17th century (somewhere 1600-1699)
Source
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Author Jacobus Robijn (16..-171.). Graveur/Engraver

Full bibliographic details: Author : Robijn, Jacobus (16..-171.). Graveur Publisher : by Iohannis de Ram Plaetsnyder (t'Amsterdam) Date of publication : 1600-1699 Type : document cartographique, carte, image fixe Language : Dutch Format : 1 carte : ill. ; 44 x 54,5 cm Format : image/jpeg Copyright : domaine public Identifier : ark:/12148/btv1b5901027m Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans, CPL GE DD-2987 (2872) Relation : Appartient à : Collection d'Anville ; 02872 Relation : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40771511d Provenance : bnf.fr

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