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Decorative birdseye view of Stockholm from across the harbor, from Merian's Neuwe Archontologica Cosmica . . ., pubished in 1638. Shows buildings, churches, bridges, ships, docks, fortified walls of the city, and the surrounding area, etc. Decorative coat of arms SOLDcode : P984
Cartographer : BELLEFOREST François de Belleforest
Date : 1638 Frankfurt
Size : 19*35cms
availability : Sold
Price : Sold
François de Belleforest was a French writer, translator and poet during the Renaissance. In 1568 he became historian of King Henry III, but had to give up soon because of inaccuracies. He worked as a writer and translator and transferred the Cosmography of Sebastian Munster into French. La Cosmographie universelle de tout le monde was published 1575 in Paris and was created in collaboration with the two Parisian publishers Nicolas Chesneau and Michel Sonnius. He has not used Sebastian Munster as sole source, several maps and views are based on Ortelius and Braun / Hogenberg, but also own work and unknown sources are found in the important work.
