
:: saved at 6,480 x 5,040 ::
To celebrate the new procedure I decided to get around to editing the Library of Congress‘ copy of Willem Janszoon Blaeu‘s Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, which was published in Amsterdam in 1606. I removed the original map from the center and kept the decorative border similar to Nova et Accvratissima Totivs Terrarvm Orbis Tabvla, A New Map of the Terraqueous Globe : according to the the Ancient discoveries and most general Divisions of Geospatial Art, America as a Cloverleaf, and A New And Accurate Map of the World by John Speed. However, unlike the previous antique map mash-ups, which usually feature the earth laid out in two hemispheres, this map uses a rectangular space (Mercator?). The beauty of this open layout is that I can place any of my previously made maps inside of this 402-year-old template.
A common naming practice I’ve noticed in old map is the use of “New & Accurate” and since I like to play around with words, I changed Accurate to Arabesque to create a visual pun. The source map was about 6,500 pixels wide, I underlaid a rotated 9,000 x 6,000 copy of Hirshhorn Quilt to fit perfectly in the center of the new map. I think it would be fun to actually hand-color the engravings on this map to match other copies of this map which have the various figures colored in. The LOC’s copy is uncolored which means that its actually easier to add color to it than if it were already colored because pigment matching is not needed.

Across the top (left to right) you have the planet gods:
- Luna guiding ships at night
- Mercury holding his Caduceus
- Venus with Cupid
- Sol riding a Quadriga
- Mars being lead by the dogs of war Phobos (Panic) and Deimos (Dread).
- Jupiter with lightening bolts in his hands
- Saturn holding a scythe
Drawn within each of these engravings are the signs of the Zodiac that the planets rule:
- Moon rules Cancer
- Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo
- Venus rules Libra and Taurus
- The Sun rules Leo
- Mars rules Aries and Scorpio
- Jupiter rules Sagittarius and Piscies
- Saturn rules Aquarius and Capricorn
Below I dissect the rest of the border of the map:
In the margins between the planets the Latin text is:
SEPTEM
PLANETAE
(seven planets)

The bottom of the map features unique engravings of the Seven Wonders of the World most likely copied from Dutch painter Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen (1498–1574):
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Colossus of Rhodes
- Great Pyramid of Giza
- Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
- Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
- Statue of Zeus at Olympia
- Lighthouse of Alexandria

Along the left side of the map you have the four elements or “Quatuor Elementa”

Along the right-hand side of the map is the human personification of the seasons with the signs of the Zodiac.
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Quatuor Anni Tempestates
- Ver (Spring)
- AEstas (Summer)
- Autimnus (Fall)
- Hyems (Winter)
Of note is that the character of winter is drawn quite closely nearly 60 years later in Nova et Accvratissima Totivs Terravm Oribis Tabvla.
In the margins between the Seven Wonders is the text:
SEPTEM
MIRABILIA MUNDI
(Seven Miracles of the World )
Now that I have the template saved and fully described, I’d like to get an inaugural printing made.
UPDATE – Here is a photo of the first printing of the map taken in my hallway:
Related Latin Entries:
- In the December issue of QST Magazine
- Gloria Immortalis Labore Parta
- A New & Somewhat Accurate Map of the Tropic of Gemini and the Tropic of Sagittarius
- Tabvla Festorvm - Table of important Catholic dates from Opera Mathematica
- Gregorius XIII - Pont(ifex) Opt(imus) Maximus / Anno Restituto MDLXXXII
- My Artomatic 2008 Opening Night Exhibit Dissected on Flickr
- Tabvla Temporis [Semidiurni in fignis Borealibus / Australibus]
- A New & Arabesque Map of the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
- Of (the Tartars) manners both good and bad (around 400 years ago)
- The first Artomatic prints have arrived
- Remedia Amoris / The Cure For Love by Ovid
- Antique Stained Glass Sundials
- ordered last week: New Blaeu
- The art of Map Fest by Teresa Mendez - The Christian Science Monitor
- An Updated Astrological Calendar from 1544 - Eastern Hemisphere
- NOVA ET ACCVRATISSIMA TOTIVS TERRARVM ORBIS TABVLA [2007 Remix]
- An Updated Astrological Calendar from 1544 - Western Hemisphere
- A New Map of the Terraqueous Globe : according to the the Ancient discoveries and most general Divisions of Geospatial Art
- Quadrant Map of DC - Translated into Latin - "Novus Columbus Quadrans"
- Society is Enriched by Labor :: Socio Ditata Labore
- Happy Saturnalia!
- latin quote of the week...
Related Antique Entries:
- President Andrew Johnson’s Veto Message to Congress Concerning A Bill to Regulate the Elective Franchise in the District of Columbia - January 5, 1867
- WAR SIGNS IN THE STARS : Our Country's Horoscope Says There Will Be Peace - The Washington Times, April 10, 1898
- Emancipation Day by Mrs. Mary E. Kail
- SENATE TIE ON PROHIBITION - The New York Times, December 20, 1916
- S280 - A Bill To Repeal an Act Entitled ''An Act to Retrocede the County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to the State of Virginia" - United States Senate, April 23, 1866
- How the Scythians Used Hemp - Paragraphs 73-75 from Book 4 of The Histories of Herodotus [circa 440 BC]
- TO MAKE A STATE OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - The New York Times, December 14, 1902
- The Strange Narcotics Used in Asia and South America - The New York Sun, February 8th, 1880
- Advertisement for the Buffalo Bill's Wild West at Athletic Park in Washington, DC - National Republican, June 20th, 1885
- Advertisement for Adam Forepaugh's Circus in Athletic Park, Washington, DC - The National Republican, April 11, 1885
- Advertisement for the Barnum and London Circus in Athletic Park, Washington, DC - The National Republican, May 3rd, 1884
- The Full Text Of An Act for the Release of certain Persons held to Service or Labor in the District of Columbia
- The Sons of Martha by Rudyard Kipling - New York Tribune, April 28, 1907
- The Noyes Armillary Sphere Described In The Historic American Buildngs Survey #532
- Armillary Sphere Donated to 'Federal City' by Author; Ancient Astronomical Device Links Early Chinese to Modern Americans - The Washington Post, November 10, 1936
- VOTE PLEA TO CONGRESS - Americanize 400,000, Urges D.C. Joint Citizens' Committee - The Washington Post, February 13, 1918
- Chronicling One Century Ago - A Listing Of All The Daily American Newspapers Published In 1910 In The Chronicling America Collection
- The 1910 Publication Calendar of the Washington Times from the Chronicling America Newspaper Collection [100 Year Old News]
- The 1910 Publication Calendar of the Washington Herald from the Chronicling America Newspaper Collection [100 Year Old News]
- The 1910 Publication Calendar of the San Francisco Call from the Chronicling America Newspaper Collection [100 Year Old News]
- The 1910 Publication Calendar of the Palestine Daily Herald from the Chronicling America Newspaper Collection [100 Year Old News]
- The 1910 Publication Calendar of the Padukah Evening Sun from the Chronicling America Newspaper Collection [100 Year Old News]
- The 1910 Publication Calendar of the Ogden Standard from the Chronicling America Newspaper Collection [100 Year Old News]
- The 1910 Publication Calendar of the New York Tribune from the Chronicling America Newspaper Collection [100 Year Old News]
- The 1910 Publication Calendar of the New York Sun from the Chronicling America Newspaper Collection [100 Year Old News]
- The 1910 Publication Calendar of the Los Angeles Herald from the Chronicling America Newspaper Collection [100 Year Old News]
- The 1910 Publication Calendar of the Deseret Evening News from the Chronicling America Newspaper Collection [100 Year Old News]
- The 1910 Publication Calendar of the Alexandria Gazette from the Chronicling America Newspaper Collection [100 Year Old News]
- ALEXANDRIA AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - The Alexandria Gazette, June 9, 1909
- STILL AFTER ALEXANDRIA - The Alexandria Gazette, June 5th, 1909
- Justice Stafford Eloquent on Washington: Past, Present, and Future - The Washington Herald, May 9th, 1909
- What the Stars Tell of The Times - The Washington Times, February 9, 1896
- 2010 Cartographic Calendar [Color Edition]
- 2010 Cartographic Calendar [Black & White Edition]
- A Projected Relief Park Map of the United States - The Washington Times, March 28, 1897
- TAFT STIRS CAPITAL BY SUFFRAGE SPEECH - The New York Times, May 10th, 1909
- HOME RULE FOR THE DISTRICT! GRAND MASS-MEETING OF CITIZENS AT ODD-FELLOWS' HALL [The Washington Times, 1/20/1880]
- A Diagrammatic Photograph Showing The American Warship, The Delaware, Blowing Up New York City
- Randle Highlands VS Fort Dupont [Antique Overlay of an Anacostia Alternative Future]
- [FOUND MAP] The Masthead Map of the San Mateo Item Newspaper
- WANT 20,000 SIGNERS - The Washington Post, November 16th, 1894
- Squelched [A Sunday Comic from 1896]
- PRESIDENT OPPOSED TO SUFFRAGE IN DISTRICT - The Washington Post, May 9th, 1909
- Prof. Gregory Favors It - The Washington Post, July 10th, 1883
- Suffrage in the District - The Washington Post, January 24, 1880
- District Representation - The Washington Post, January 22, 1879
- Map of Westminster Street NW in Washington, DC from 1921
- La Grisette by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- [FOUND MAP] Isola d'Elba aka the Island of Elba
- My own Coat of Arms, the Origin of the Stars & Stripes, and Hartburn, DC
- A Perpetual Calendar showing the day of any month corresponding to any day of the week, for the year 1775, to the year 2025
- What! A Bicycle Rifle? Yes?
- Nixon Sends GIs Into Cambodia And An Inverted 1970 Map of Communist Controlled Laos and Cambodia
- Thomas Jefferson's Map of Washington from March 31st, 1791
- An Act for establishing the Temporary and Permanent seat of the Government of the United States
- Text of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871
- Text of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801
- Photograph of the ceiling inside of the Alhambra obtained from the Casselman Archive of Islamic and Mudejar Architecture in Spain
- Stereocard of the Great Hall in the Vatican Library
- In the December issue of QST Magazine
- Hallway view of the first edition of the New & Arabesque Map of the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
- Gloria Immortalis Labore Parta
- A New & Somewhat Accurate Map of the Tropic of Gemini and the Tropic of Sagittarius
- Tabvla Festorvm - Table of important Catholic dates from Opera Mathematica
- Gregorius XIII - Pont(ifex) Opt(imus) Maximus / Anno Restituto MDLXXXII
- The Vicissitude of the Seasons Explained
- The Use of the Analemma - As explained around 1780
- The Millbank Penitentiary, the Tate Britain, and the Panopticon
- Tabvla Temporis [Semidiurni in fignis Borealibus / Australibus]
- A New & Arabesque Map of the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
- Artomatic 2008 Opening Night
- Of (the Tartars) manners both good and bad (around 400 years ago)
- Then & Now Birds-Eye Views of the Westminster Neighborhood in Washington, DC [1884 & 2005]
- The Yu Ji Tu map [1137] and a map of the distribution of Moslems in China [1922] via Rev. Claude L. Pickens, Jr.'s trip to northwest China [1936]
- ABSOLUT STATEHOOD
- Remedia Amoris / The Cure For Love by Ovid
- Hello Cherubs - A New Splash Page Graphic Added
- Antique Stained Glass Sundials
- Happy Nowruz !!
- ordered last week: New Blaeu
- Carte du Telegraphe Optique [dans l'hexagone]
- Oil Wells in Los Angeles 103 years ago [One Slick Overlay]
- The art of Map Fest by Teresa Mendez - The Christian Science Monitor
- Within Sight of the White House [Overlay of Hooker's Division]
- The Dissected Map ...continued
- Découvrir Carte Est Mort!
- Tycho Brahe's Armillary Spheres
- Holy See an Armillary Sphere?
- Found Celestial Cartography
- The Brandeis Brief
- An updated Armillary Sphere
- 1880 Street Railway Map of the City of Washington
- The Astro-Theological Overlays for Google Earth
- An Interactive Astrological Calendar from 1544 for Google Earth
- An Updated Astrological Calendar from 1544 - Eastern Hemisphere
- Socio Ditata Labore - Revisited
- NOVA ET ACCVRATISSIMA TOTIVS TERRARVM ORBIS TABVLA [2007 Remix]
- An Updated Astrological Calendar from 1544 - Western Hemisphere
- Geography & the Humanities Symposium Program Cover
- A New And Accurate Map of the World by John Speed [2007 Remix]
- America as a Cloverleaf
- A New Map of the Terraqueous Globe : according to the the Ancient discoveries and most general Divisions of Geospatial Art
- Society is Enriched by Labor :: Socio Ditata Labore
- The Modern Geographer